The powers that be control the message—even more than you know
Here is another depressing argument that the reality you and I inhabit, and feel comfortable most days saying we have some control over, has been sanitized for our protection. The New York Times...
View ArticleCongratulations, America
We did some good things out there in those little voting booths yesterday…most of us…but a hearty “good on ya” to everyone who took the trouble to participate in the process beyond just running their...
View ArticleWhere do we go from here
It’s been an amazing couple of days. Thanks to leaks of government documents and the hard work of some reporters, we’ve learned that the government has been collecting data on our telephone...
View ArticleHow do you like America?
Three weeks in; time to take a breath and assess the new administration in Washington, D.C. Donald Trump asked Americans to trust him to do what’s right for America; 46% of those who bothered to vote...
View ArticleDiagnosing Baby Donald
Franklin Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression eager to try out potential remedies for the economic crisis, so he set an arbitrary mark of the first 100 days in office as a goal for...
View ArticleAlmost halfway
Two years…really? Is that an eternity, or does it seem like no time at all? It seems like…it seems like I’ve been on a merry-go-round that not only hasn’t slowed down in almost two years but...
View ArticleSorry, I’m not done reading yet
Too slowly, for sure…I want to see how it ends, don’t you?!…but the good news is a number of other people were able to prioritize and offered their thoughts after reading the Mueller Report. Here are...
View ArticleThe winter of my discontent has spilled over into the spring
You’d have thought that two months would have been plenty of time. Time for Americans to take a calming breath, relax a bit, and let the radicalization of thought and action spurred by “the former...
View ArticleSay the truth
It feels like it’s been going soooo slooooowly, but maybe we’re going to see some movement. Chairman Bennie Thompson says the first public hearings on what the House January 6 committee has learned...
View ArticleAnd now, a public service announcement on behalf of America’s sanity
It is the midst of winter here in the Northern Hemisphere…right now forecasters are forecasting their asses off about a major ice storm aimed at a hunk of the South. The days are still comparatively...
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