Gongol.com Archives: August 2018

Brian Gongol


August 9, 2018

News If you don't love America regardless of skin color, you don't love America

Laura Ingraham's idiotic protestations to the contrary notwithstanding, America is about a belief system -- particularly one about the way things are to be done and how people are to be treated. If she thinks that is threatened by the origins of new entrants to the country, she doesn't understand the nature of the country itself.

News A wimp and a liar?

A President who cannot defend his actions isn't a strong person

News An unlikely butterfly garden

Unlikely because of its location: Inside the Omaha Correctional Center. But it's part of a 12-week course offered to some of the inmates. The sooner we train ourselves to ask whether people have productive alternatives to idle time and bad behavior, the sooner we'll make progress against crime. It's best to keep people out of the correctional system to begin with, but when they land there, rehabilitation should be a priority for as many eligible people as possible.

News Ireland's housing shortage in the spotlight

Stories emerge of homeless families taking shelter at police stations


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