SPIDER Blog

- by Robert Berning

Sense and Sensibility

It’s almost incredible that I sense the need to talk about sense - common sense. Have some things have gotten so far out of whack that I, or anyone else, need to make a case... Read More

Addressing the Climate Change Emergency

Before starting, be prepared to feel more pain because somebody(ies) decided Americans should save the world from climate change. Here’s a famous quote by President Clinton in 1998: “It depends on what the meaning of... Read More

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance)

A little over a year ago (June 13, 2021) we used this space to talk about “Stakeholder Capitalism.” Under that woke umbrella, it’s postulated that companies should no longer have the single focus of serving... Read More

Our Immigration Laws

It goes without saying that the United States is a country of immigrants. It is. If you’re not a Native American, you or your ancestors were born somewhere else in the world. Because of the... Read More

The Liberal World Order

President Biden was asked recently by New York Times reporter Jim Tankersley during a news conference in Madrid: “The war has pushed prices up. [Oil] could go as high as $200 a barrel, some analysts... Read More

Fluid Laws Are Not Laws

As a country we’re facing a tipping point. There are those that boldly tell us the Constitution is a ‘living’ document, subject to interpretation of the times today. They say it was never meant to... Read More