There's much to be grateful and fight for this ThanksgivingThe year was 1942. World War II was raging around the globe. As Thanksgiving was approaching that November, the United States was experiencing food and supplies rationing, restrictions on travel, and empty chairs at dining room tables across the country where loved ones were missing, fighting farawa... READ MORE
Physically distant, not socially isolatedOriginally published in the Highland County Press. In June, nearly half of American adults reported struggling with mental health or substance use, according to a CDC survey. Even before the global coronavirus pandemic, suicide rates in the U.S. had already skyrocketed to their highest levels since ... READ MORE
4 doctors/congressmen: Coronavirus vaccine – we'll get one and here's why we trust the scienceOriginally publishes on foxnews.com As physicians and members of Congress, we know the surest and safest way to defeat coronavirus and return life to a state of normal is by developing a safe, effective vaccine. When the coronavirus pandemic began, the Trump administration had the foresight to launc... READ MORE
Working together toward safer neighborhoodsOriginally published in the Cincinnati Enquirer. On Aug. 16, in the span of 24 hours, 21 people were shot in seven separate incidents from Over-the-Rhine to the West End. Four people lost their lives. This is just the latest in the violence that is spiking across our city. The Enquirer reports that ... READ MORE
One doctor's thoughts on a hopeful futureOriginally published in The Hill. Before the polio vaccine was developed in the 1950s, Americans across the country feared the effects of the crippling and often-deadly disease. No one was immune. Thousands of children, adults, and even an American president suffered from the impacts of polio. When ... READ MORE
On this day, we must remember what unites usThe country we call the United States of America today was once an act of bold imagination. When our Founding Fathers put ink to parchment and penned the words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident…,” there was no blueprint for them to follow. When the Second Continental Congress ratified the f... READ MORE
Diversifying Supply Chains Is a National Security PriorityOriginally published in RealClear Defense. At this point, it is no secret that COVID-19 has underscored our nation's supply chains' fragility and highlighted the security risks posed by an over-reliance on nations that serve as our greatest strategic competitors. This is also not a revelation: In Ju... READ MORE
For Flag Day, let's live up to our republic's valuesThe American flag was born amid a revolution. It was stitched together by the fingers of Philadelphian seamstress Betsy Ross, legend has it, and confirmed by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, as the colonies were still besieged by British forces in the struggle for autonomy and self-... READ MORE
For some vets, ultimate sacrifice comes laterOriginally published in the Cincinnati Enquirer on May 25, 2020. It was his smile. Almost everyone who knew him would mention it. It was one of those infectious, light-up-a-room smiles that people remember long after he had walked away. Sergeant Brent “Hoss” Allen Hendrix had a presence about him – ... READ MORE
Why Accountability at the WHO MattersOriginally published in the People's Defender. On Tuesday night, President Trump announced that the U.S. is pausing funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) while a review is conducted of the organization's response to the coronavirus outbreak. Earlier this month, the Senate Foreign Relations... READ MORE |
