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There is no other conclusion to draw other than a real cataclysmic event for our future. I don’t mean just in the long run. I mean before the next presidential election. Brewing is a horrendously dangerous situation in our country. Many enlightened citizens have called for removal of Donald…
It’s right under your nose … signs of our demise. And we are all contributors. Never before has allegiance to the common good been more important. I mean globally. Rather than common good, various forms of the “rugged individualist” culture have been pushed in our faces for generations. Is…
White gunman sprays senseless death and mayhem, Terror fills hearts beating with fear and trepidation. Trump speaks with teleprompter words, Hollow words from heart of proven stone. The media heaps praise on his presidential words, Separate from leaden leaders knowing no shame. Ponderous NRA words ring the tills of…
Various Republicans have been flirting with treason for years now, even decades. In the late 1980s, the Reagan administration sold arms to Iran at high prices to finance the Reagan-favored “contras” fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. It violated all canons of democracy: arms sales to Iran were prohibited;…
Under Obama’s health care law, from 2014 through 2016, the federal government will pay the full cost of opening Medicaid to anyone, who earns up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, which is $15,282 for a single person this year. Over time, that share will decline until…
According to Managing Editor, Nancy Gibbs, Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people (with Beyonce on the cover) are significant achievers of the past year and likely to continue their powerful ways. One assumes those already showcased in past issues, are less likely to currently appear. Remember the criteria is…
An informed audience – at least one not sated with propaganda -- would turn off the constant stream of demonization of the so-called “takers” perpetrated by Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity -- the whole Fox News crew. If Fox were “fair and balanced,” their pitches of poop at the poor…
A few months ago, the Washington Post looked inside the Koch brothers political empire[i]. The Post said, “The money flows through a complex maze of tax-exempt groups and limited liability corporations, creating multiple barriers that shield the identities of the donors.” Over twenty organizations are shown, but probably the…
In poetry, this is the story of the right wing takeover of the Supreme Court, aided by the consent of the Senate. Supreme Court rulings, in effect, appointed George W. Bush president in 2000 over Al Gore. It later reduced individual rights and enhanced those of large corporations. The…