Health – What About Those Who Didn’t Get A COVID-19 Vaccine (Yet)?
April 12, 2021 by Staff
Filed under Health, News, Politics, Weekly Columns
Tweet (Akiit.com) The harsh reality of COVID-19 is that everyone is not going to take the vaccine. Don’t get me wrong, this is not an encouragement for anyone to not get the vaccine. I’m just looking at the reality of what we are facing as we fight our way out of this pandemic. While we should […]
What If the Next 9/11 Terrorist Attack Is Just Days Away, Mr. Joe Biden?
April 12, 2021 by Staff
Filed under Health, News, Politics, Weekly Columns
Tweet (Akiit.com) I just watched a documentary about the horrors of 9/11. You remember that day, don’t you? This year will mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Sept. 11, 2001. The day the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center collapsed in New York City. The day about 3,000 of our fellow Americans died. Most […]
GOP Versus ‘Woke Corporations’: A Losing Battle.
April 12, 2021 by Staff
Filed under Money/Business, News, Politics, Sports, Weekly Columns
Tweet (Akiit.com) Mitch McConnell has been presented with the spectacle of giant American corporations taking sides on a political issue, and his eyes were seared by the sight. The Senate Republican leader could not have imagined Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola, much less Major League Baseball, coming out against a piece of legislation. Processing the […]
Joe Biden Must Put Human Rights Front and Center In Iran Policy.
April 12, 2021 by Staff
Filed under News, Politics, Weekly Columns
Tweet (Akiit.com) The ubiquitous human rights group Amnesty International recently released its report on “the state of the world’s human rights.” It calls attention to a wide range of issues spanning 149 countries, including many that remain unresolved. Within this category, the1988 massacre of Iranian political prisoners, described as the worst crime against humanity in the latter half […]
2021 – Justice Is On Trial In The George Floyd Murder Case.
April 8, 2021 by Staff
Filed under News, Politics, Weekly Columns
Tweet (Akiit.com) The murder trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has begun, ten months after George Floyd died in the street with Chauvin’s knee on his neck. Americans, especially Black Americans, are watching closely to see if justice will be done. The beginning of the trial made me profoundly sad, but also profoundly hopeful. It […]