During the 2016 presidential campaign, false information and fake news sites popped up everywhere. But there was one true bombshell: The CIA (and FBI) discovered that Russia secretly interfered in the U.S. election. A former CIA director called Russia’s cyber attack “the political equivalent of 9/11” and a “threat to our way of life.” During […]

The Sun Journal’s recent four-part article about single mothers was timely. Certainly there are single mothers with good child care, jobs and support systems who successfully raise their children, but many young women are looking desperately for someone (anyone) to love them. All too often, they discover that the “love of their life” never loved […]

Many American Christians are decent, peace-loving people, trying to live by Jesus’ teachings. But there are other Christians who are angry, judgmental and openly hostile toward non-whites and people with different beliefs. Everyone must obey state and federal laws, but religious beliefs are not laws. Freedom of religion means that people can have different beliefs, […]

Like most people, I am tired of lies and misleading statements by politicians. In 2007, the Tampa Bay Times created PolitiFact to cover elections. It evaluates politicians’ statement as “false” (half false, mostly false, false and “pants on fire”). According to Rolling Stone magazine, PolitiFact has found that the politician who currently lies the most […]