Two families have filed wrongful death lawsuits against a Massachusetts nursing home claiming the facility is to blame for the residents’ deaths in 2015 from injuries suffered after falls. Both residents died of blunt force head trauma. One victim was an 89-year-old woman with dementia…
In yesterday’s news, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s effort to ban travelers from six mostly Muslim countries who have family members already here. (Seriously? Why did we need a Supreme Court ruling? Shouldn’t this be Obvious?) This is the second compromise action…
It is no secret that the Vatican has been sweeping the issue of pedophilia under the rug for many years. As many of my readers know, I provide a vivid, albeit fictional, account of the Church’s ‘conspiracy of silence’ in my recent clergy abuse legal thriller,…
Until recently, Texas had minimal restrictions on cell phone usage while driving. However, after many failed efforts, Texas has become the 47th state banning texting while driving. Arizona, Missouri and Montana will be the only states without a texting while driving ban. Supporters have been…
Today is Independence Day, and America, sadly, seems to have forgotten its roots, its values and its Constitution. And this memory lapse is being spearheaded by the increasingly unstable anti-American rhetoric of the President of the United States. Donald Trump’s lack of professionalism, decorum, an
I was just contacted by Simon Barrett of Blogger News who has written an account of the Cardinal Pell abuse allegations entitled “Cardinal Pell-Naughty Priest?” Mr. Barrett asked me for a comment. Here’s what I had to say: “A person should be viewed as innocent…
Cardinal George Pell, one of the most senior members of the Catholic Church and Pope Francis’ chief financial adviser, has brought the church’s child sex abuse scandal right into the heart of the Vatican. Pell has been charged with multiple historical sexual assault offenses in…
Yesterday, I penned “Act Today to Stop H.R. 1215 from Destroying Your Rights.” Hours later, the House passed H.R. 1215 by a vote of 218 to 210. The bill now heads to the Senate for review. Putting citizens at such risk, without the right to…
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will be voting on the “Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017” or H.R. 1215. I, as well as others here, have written about H.R.1215 in the past, but for those readers that may have missed prior posts, here…
The third week of National Safety Month focuses on workplace violence. Every year, 2 million American workers report having been victims of workplace violence. The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines workplace violence as “any act or threat of physical violence, harassmen
So many of us have busy schedules and deadlines to meet that sleep is often the first thing we let go. Yet, all those “late to bed, early to rise” days can have serious consequences. Sleep is increasingly recognized as important to public health, with…
The family of a four-year-old boy who died nearly a week after going swimming is warning parents about a rare condition called “dry drowning”. According to family, the child had shown symptoms of a stomach bug, including vomiting and diarrhea for several days after returning…