On this approaching Day of Independence, we as the majority have great tasks before us. We must re-evaluate that independence, especially from despots among us who would take it away. A country’s Constitution is supposed to set standards for a its government and its citizens, and is especially important…
Trump is America’s most immediate threat to democracy’s dissolution. His violent rhetoric poses a looming peril to humanity. Like Hitler before him, whom he mimics in his populist rallies, hateful vitriol pours forth to poison mind and soul. If we survive this onslaught of hate and revenge from this…
When UFOs are observed, media coverage is based on what will draw public interest, often citing stories they can sell with snide remarks or prompts for comic attention. News chiefs fear opening themselves to ridicule or inviting mockery or derision. Such a policy has been guided by past experience,…
Brask, daring, in-your-face lawlessness -- it reminds you of Donald Trump. Among broad-daylight Nordstrom shoppers, thirty masked shoplifters made what is a common misdemeanor an outrageous, eye-popping violent crime, glass display cases crashing to the floor like explosives, grabbing $100,000 worth of expensive items. Such “smash-and-grab robberies” are becoming…
The Republican Party is now essentially a wasteland where political hacks must go for the allure of a well-financed political career. With over fifty years of tampering with a functional structure of a working democracy, once open to vibrant change, corporate leaders have profusely financed and created an agency…
Independent investigative journalism is on its deathbed. Truthtellers like Pro-publica, Mother Jones, Common Dreams, Truthdig, MoveOn, The Nation, the Prospect, and many more are non-profit and independent. They depend on contributions from the public, along with all charities and non-profits who have their hands out. Most of the in-depth…
If you believe in freedom. If you want to believe in the United States of America. And if you are disturbed about the course it is taking, do not choose to be silent, and in despair and loathing of those Republican leaders who violate our freedoms and mock those…
There are 3 likely scenarios for the Biden classified documents debacle: 1) Biden was so haphazard in handling and supervising the use of classified documents that they were left in personal places in his domiciles. 2) Trump party operatives were paid out of the mostly-corporate largesse he and the…
Sixty-six percent of eligible voters voted in the 2020 presidential election. Of 158 million votes, 81 million were for Biden and 74 million for Trump. Midterm voting percentages now average around 40%. In the late 1800s, it was more like 80% for presidential races and 70% for midterms. When…
Recently 60 Minutes aired an episode about Alden Global Capital, a New York-based hedge fund known for slashing purchased local newspapers to the bone by running them into the ground and selling off all valuable assets. Featured was Evan Brandt, who is literally the last journalist standing at The…