Political leaders, with the notable exception of most Republicans, focus on the major problems our nation faces. One of the biggest is climate change. It constitutes reason and science with attacks on climate change & new technology—Most Americans have no idea about the giant impact on green energy that…
Vladimir Putin is a butcher with a modern, updated approach to war-criminal standards. His strategy and the nature of his global threat must be identified and considered by the United States, the current leader of the free world. I say current due to the menacing threat to American democracy…
We should inform ourselves about the many consequences of having almost total functional failure in the US Congress. If you are not aware, the main cause of this failure is the Republican Party. No member of this party either functions as a real representative of the people’s interest or…
Tucker Carlson said President Joe Biden has aligned himself with sentiments of “The Great Replacement,” which he explained as “the replacement of legacy Americans with more obedient people from far away countries. They brag about it all the time, but if you dare to say it’s happening, they will…
Ruthless, demagogic Republican leaders plot to steal the next election while still propagating a big lie about the last one, this while the pandemic still rages, especially in Republican states, and while severe and unprecedented weather affects our planet. Serious people like the current administration (Build Back Better Act)…
Media focus is myopic. Its narrative sees only the visible participants. What is of consequence behind the settings are usually invisible. That prevailing force is corporate. In a democratic capitalist system, we depend on media sources to disperse unvarnished truth, but the ultimate check on the corporate control is…
America’s history of defending democratic principles leaves a lot to be desired. Actions of presidents in the past bordered on questionable, many times marked by expedience and partisanship. Deadly actions were often taken with little transparency and no real urgency. A grossly unpopular war was authorized by the Congress’s…
While a rising rival, China, assembles a space station, deploys a rover after an impressive landing on Mars, elbows back 5G efforts by pampered, burgeoning, monopolistic, gorge-crazy US communications companies, builds colossal domestic infrastructure projects, launches Asian and African economic efforts affecting three-quarters of known energy reserves, introduces a…
Maureen Dowd, having none of Liz Cheney being the pure-hearted defender of democracy, ended her NYT oped of 5/9/2021, regarding the Cheneys, “Trump built a movement based on lies. The Cheneys showed him how it’s done.” As we know, Liz Cheney is one of only a few Republicans to…
Since 1916 we – American taxpayers -- have given $470 billion to “Big Oil” for the oil depletion allowance which, in effect, has paid oil companies more than the capital cost of the asset, in this case, oil. The oil depletion allowance in American tax law is an allowance…