Author: William R. Wineke, Special to Channel 3000

For the first time, I am beginning to see a glimmer of hope for the gun control movement and it is the Florida state Legislature.

President Donald Trump is commander in chief of America's armed forces, and if he wants a military parade, then I guess we're going to get a military parade.

I've got to admire the Christian forgiveness displayed by evangelical Christian leaders like Frankly Graham and Tony Perkins.

I can on occasion feel some sympathy for climate change skeptics.

The measure of legitimacy for this – and, every – form of government rests on the concept of the “consent of the governed.”   

The most important political thing that happened this week may not have been the defeat of an accused pedophile in Alabama.

Missing from all the argument about Alabama senatorial candidate Roy Moore's alleged record with teenage girls is the real reason why he shouldn't serve in the U.S. Senate.

Is the U.S. Senate going to pass legislation offering major tax relief to the nation's richest citizens while raising taxes on its poorest?

So, let's see where we are on the national unity front.

The most common reaction I've heard to the spectacle of President Trump throwing rolls of paper towels to victims of the Puerto Rico hurricane has been, "What's wrong with that guy?

Three million American citizens living in Puerto Rico are without electric power and many are without clean drinking water, access to medical care or most of the other standard attributes of civilized society.

You've got to hand it to our president. A week ago, we were all concerned about health care, possible nuclear war with North Korea and the plight of millions of American citizens whose lives have been ruined by hurricanes.