by dave.zanotti | Jun 12, 2020 | Blog
One of the most notorious and powerful players in the COVID-19 crisis has been Dr. Amy Acton, Director of the Ohio Department of Health. It was not Dr. Acton’s expertise at any level that gave her such standing in the national debate. Rather it was a completely...
by jeff.sanders | May 31, 2020 | Blog
Just recently I was visiting one of my children in Denver, Colorado. What a beautiful city. Just look to the west and there as far as the eyes can see are the Rocky Mountains (snow capped even in the spring!). The city is a nice blend of tall modern buildings and...
by jeff.sanders | May 26, 2020 | Blog
On February 19, 1942 President Franklin Roosevelt issued his infamous Executive Order 9066 consigning all Japanese Americans on the West Coast to internment camps deep in the interior of the US. On March 21st, 1942 Congress enacted legislation giving authority to the...
by dave.zanotti | May 20, 2020 | Blog
Epidemics and pandemics happen. They are a natural part of living in a less than perfect world. Americans have dealt with these problems multiple times throughout our history. The COVID-19 crisis, however, caught many in public office by surprise. Most of us cannot...
by jeff.sanders | May 20, 2020 | Blog
It was in my father’s generation that tens of thousands of American citizens were illegally stripped of their constitutional rights to freedom of assembly, free speech, and freedom from illegal search and seizure. Shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, some...
by jeff.sanders | May 4, 2020 | Blog
In 1961 Yale University professor Dr. Stanley Milgram conducted a psychological experiment, trying to discover how far “normal”, “average” citizens would go in their obedience to “experts”. Like most people, he had been troubled for...
