Craig Ruvere

It's been said that the average U.S. driver will experience three to four car accidents during their lifetime, filing a claim with their car insurance company about every 18 years. Car accidents are an unavoidable part of our day-to-day lives. Being cautious and using good judgment while driving can help reduce risks. However, nothing is guaranteed, especially with the number of drivers on the road at any given time. For reference, as of 2023, the United States Department of Transportation reported approximately 233 million licensed drivers nationwide. With so many drivers, all with varying degrees of aptitude and responsibility, it's unsurprising that in 2022, approximately 5.8 million drivers were involved in non-fatal car accidents, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's recent report. I have been driving for 32…

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance (or, as some have affectionately called him, Just Dumb Vance) may only be 39 years old, but his beliefs and ideals toward people without children are as antiquated as the now-defunct Ford Model T, which was produced from October 1908 to May 1927. Vance's first and most infamous claim says, "We're effectively run in this country, via the Democrats, via our corporate oligarchs, by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made, and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too. And it's just a basic fact. You look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, AOC – the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children." As…

"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." - Benjamin Franklin. In society today, it's not difficult to uncover politicians from across America—influential individuals whom the old and the young look up to and even model themselves after—who forget how to say the right thing. Turn on your television or log in to your preferred online news source on any given day, and you'll witness firsthand exactly what I'm talking about. American politicians seem to have lost their ability to filter information appropriately, a skill many hardworking Americans must conform to (and rightfully so) to maintain their community standings and employment status. But politicians of late seem to be above any…