Assuming reasonably good health, who wouldn’t find contentment living in a gilded mansion and flying around in private jets? Imagine being able to just plunk down a platinum card anytime some glittering luxury winks your way. Envision being cushioned from the indignities of waiting on lines. But imagine also how this exclusivity can separate one from interaction with other human beings.

Focused state terrorism is a fair way to frame all three cases the Department of Justice is pursuing. China’s communist government covertly planted secret police stations in the U.S. and then proceeded to intimidate, threaten and harass mainland Chinese expatriates, ethnic Chinese dissidents (no matter their passport citizenship) and American citizens who aid the CCP’s vulnerable human victims.

Marijuana legalization changed the landscape, and among some there is concern the products will be recklessly marketed to youth as alcohol often is. While 4/20 celebrations will continue to grow, parents should take the time to have these constructive conversations.

President Biden wants to raise taxes again. Unlikely, given the Republican House majority, but this Tax Day offers us our annual opportunity to explore what we are getting in exchange for what we’re paying Washington. Out-of-control spending, not lack of revenue, is responsible for our crushing national debt.

Knowing our deep history of skepticism helps put current reactions to AI in perspective. And that’s something that, for now at least, only a human can do.

As the federal tax filing deadline approaches on April 18, the IRS appears to be at the beginning stages of a major overhaul that promises improved customer service and more efficient tax administration.

When your majority — or supermajority — cannot win an argument on its merits, you owe your colleagues and constituents something more than simply to cut off debate.

Kindness and praise for one’s political opponent can affect others, especially voters. As Abraham Lincoln said about the South: “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.”

Should I worry that my bank is too woke, whatever anyone means by “woke” these days? Right-wingers are peddling the argument, tailored for the rubes, that when financial institutions factor such concerns as the environment, social equity and governance (ESG) into their business, they are endangering themselves.

In honest future history — and honest histories will be written about Biden’s fiasco, because it was bloody, inept and has huge consequence — the Reuters report will foreshadow the Biden administration’s epitaph: Even though it’s an outright falsehood, we must project a pro-Biden picture and babble a pro-Joe narrative because because because.