Are Dogs Naturally Protective?

Since I always loved working with my dogs and that created extremely tight bonds with them. The closer the bond, the more sense of partnership.

5 Good Reasons Why Scary Books Are Better Than Scary Movies

I am terrible at watching scary movies — even when they’re not that scary. Perhaps that’s just one of those woman things you know?

Do My Dogs Get Lonely When I Leave Them?

Dogs do a combination of deep sleeping and light sleeping. The light sleeping means they really are more resting, I think.

The Cruel World of the Plain and Simple Minded Trumpistas

If an American kid who was traumatized by a rampaging killer wants to join and lead a movement for laws that support universal background checks, banning the sale of AR-15s and bump stocks, the extremists on the Right will do all in their power to discredit, debase, and dishonor those who’ve lived through the bloodbath and those who died in it.

When American Exceptionalism Is All About Loyalty to the Tribe

As a liberal, I’ve often been asked by conservatives, “Why do you hate America?” You see, conservatives think that only they love America, and they try to prove it by festooning their online profiles with flags, eagles, and blurry images of the Constitution, with an occasional cross or AR-15 thrown in.

On Immigration: Feed the Rich, Starve Everyone Else

It’s true. Uncontrolled immigration has been a bane for Britain. That was government policy – right or wrong – and it can be changed for the future, if not undone for the past. I’m not sure this has all that much to do with infrastructure.

We Need To Stop Manipulating Las Vegas Tragedy To Support Political Views

More than 50 concertgoers were killed Sunday night in Las Vegas and more than 400 were injured in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. By Monday morning, when we still knew nothing about the motives of alleged shooter 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, the politics had already begun.

From Narcissism to Fascism

When 58,000 mental health experts ignore a self-imposed ethics rule to issue a dire warning, it behooves us to pay attention.

Comparing Trump to Hitler is Giving the President-Elect Far Too Much Credit

People compare Trump to Hitler. This is rubbish. Hitler was self made, a real politician, stayed on point, was jailed for his views, and conquered vast amounts of territory.

Trump: A Disgusting Eternal Sophomore Who Should Be Voted Down For Ignorance Alone

It is crushingly sad to think that there is a man running for the highest elective office in the world who has never read a Shakespeare play or a full book of the Bible; does not know what Muslims believe–or Hindus or Jews…….

Should Donald Trump Bring Up the Clinton Sex Scandals in the 2nd Presidential Debate?

Everyone except Trump and his most blinkered acolytes accept that he lost the first debate. One of the reasons for that is the hit that Clinton got in right at the end regarding the way he treated former Miss Universe Alicia Machado.

What Kind of America Is This?

I know many tend to focus on the crazy things that come out of Trump’s mouth. We stand back in shock, then react to his garbled statements. To many of us (here in the US and around the world), he sounds ridiculous and crazy. It’s fun to watch the late night hosts skewer his latest blunder.