“The Congress shall have the power to . . . declare war . . .” —United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 “The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.” […]

For over two months now, I have been dealing with something of an addiction.  For that long, my team, the Dodgers, have been on the kind of streak that is usually reserved for badly contrived baseball novels.  Starting on June 22, at which point the team was a dreadful 12 games under .500, the Dodgers […]

I have reached retirement age; at least, I have reached the age when people are either able to retire (because of sound investments and/or good benefit plans) or are forced to do so.  In my case, while my investments are relatively decent and my employee benefit plan has provided me a little nest egg, I’m […]

Notwithstanding the difficulties Congress is having with immigration reform, the fact remains that the United States is becoming increasingly diverse, with the designation of Caucasian as the racial identity about to account (if it doesn’t already) for less than 50 percent of the entire population.  And while certain parts of the country still regard racial […]