In the clusterfuck of Trump’s seemingly random outpouring of statements, EO’s and policy threats, we lose perspective – who will muddle through…
Yesterday my wife and I and a friend drove to downtown Springfield for a rally against Trump, organized by Indivisible – a grass roots…
If climate overheating is the biggest threat to life on earth, one might expect that progressive platforms would be all over this…
Before hanging on December, 2, 1859, John Brown slipped a note to a jailer: āI, John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes…
The Democrats and those who inhabit the DNC orbit have been in a rush to skip all five stages of grief. My…
We are almost at the abyss. It is a date circled on the calendar, like a dental cleaning, a car safety inspection…
Pundits commonly compare Trump to Hitler on various leftist platforms, and even within centrist media. Should we think seriously about the resemblance, or dismiss…
I am no psychic, but I can forecast a few basic things. For example, as a very casual baseball fan I am…
The Democratic Party – for those of us paying attention – has become a shadow of the Republican Party, a miniature MAGA…
I recently complained that public narratives about climateāthose promoted on so called mainstream platforms, and featured in cryptic one-liners from Democratic Party hopefulsāboil down…
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