January 27, 2019 – Polarization on issues such as “Pro-Life” and “Pro-Choice” routinely prevents clear dialog by those who hold them. So much so, that a well-known women’s rights advocate, and Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister, has written dozens of books on issues encompassing women’s rights, social advocacy and spirituality. Sister…
January 9, 2019 – Today, a Senate Panel in Virginia approved to move the proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) which had passed Congress but needed to be ratified by three fourths of the states to be a Constitutional Amendment. That process has been ongoing since 1972. However, just last year,…
The Legal Edition-Legal, Business & Policy News Public Service Announcement-For Immediate Release 2018 – FCC looking for public comment to remove funding requirement from Cable TV Franchises that fund Community Media There is grave concern over the FCC’s work to cut off the funding that finds its way to local…
October 28, 2018 – The state of Massachusetts is voting on a ballot question in the upcoming 2018 mid-term election. This question–one of first impression in any state–asks the people of Massachusetts if they would be in favor of a Constitutional Amendment to ensure that corporations do not have the…
Oct. 1, 2018 – In recent days we have heard testimony from an alleged victim of sexual assault and a US Supreme Court nominee–vying for an Associate Justice position on our nation’s highest court. What strikes me the most, is the way the hearings have unfolded. If ever there was…
July 20, 2018 – For those who have only read about treason in the story-books, we have a real-life event going on that may scholars believe is unprecedented in our nation’s history. That is where a sitting president’s closest advisors have close affiliations with high-ranking members of a foreign adversary–here…
July 3, 2018 – Dr. Stepanie Seneff of MIT, has conducted research for a number of years to identify correlations in modern disease and attribute them to a trajectory on environmental changes. She has done so with regard to the widely used herbicide “Roundup” and its constituent chemical glyphosate. What…
June 19, 2018 – The US Supreme Court just announced their decision in two high-profile, highly-charged voter redistricting cases, Gill v. Whitford and Benisek v. Lamone. To the amazement of many pundits, the Court virtually dismissed them both! So what does this all mean? Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the…
January 24, 2018-Recently, both the US Supreme Court and state courts have been taking up the highly controversial and highly politicized issue of political gerrymandering–that is the artificial manipulation of voting districts by those in state legislatures to favor the party in power–their own. It’s accomplished by these legislatures creating…
November 15, 2017 – Harvey Weinstein has put a face on a problem that has existed for centuries. Men taking advantage of women because they can. Yet, most thought that in the culture of the western world, this behavior was seen more aberrant or unusual than normal gentry would admit–the…
