The recent decision by New York State to prohibit single-use plastic bags from retail stores makes it an ideal time to reexamine one of my favorite environmental quandaries. Plastic grocery bags were developed as a substitute for paper bags in the late 1970s. It was promoted as a way to save ...

Freelance jobs are “feudalism,” says California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez. She persuaded California’s legislature to pass a new law reclassifying freelance workers as employees. That means many people who hire them must now give them benefits like overtime, unemployment insurance, ...

For as long as we have had political parties, we have been doused with political hogwash. The latest fiction to light my fuse revolves around “party loyalty.” Someone, somewhere, decided to pretend that anyone who was a Republican (or Democrat) last year has an ethical obligation to ...

Congress must censure Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for threatening two Supreme Court justices outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. This should be wholly bipartisan and utterly uncontroversial. No American, no less a high-ranking member of Congress like Schumer, ...

Hey, guys, I hope all of you are doing well and having a fantastic week. I have received a few incoming questions regarding how to best transition your dog to a new home. It’s finally getting warmer outside and this is about the time of year people begin to look. I am searching for a farm ...

Last week, I sat on a stage in front of more than 200 women in Columbus, Ohio, and tried to answer a simple question. I don’t remember exactly how interviewer Angela Pace asked it, but I heard it this way: What do you want your granddaughters to remember about you? To my embarrassment, ...