Left Behind Twitter For My Mental HealthQuit twitter on Monday, which as this is written was the day before yesterday. A thick front of clouds hangs in the sky outside, looming…Oct 10, 2018Oct 10, 2018
Alaska For Sale? It’s Not ImpossibleIn March of 2014, the current president, then a reality TV celebrity and brand ambassador for his own name, tweeted that Vladimir Putin…Jul 24, 2018Jul 24, 2018
The Swamp’s Revolving DoorFar from “draining the swamp,” the current administration has contrived to make it more dank and malodorous than ever before. Alan…Jul 9, 2018Jul 9, 2018
Damn You, Writer’s BlockAt least I tell myself I’m a writer, even though I’ve never gotten a byline — not including many articles published in my college newspaper…Jul 3, 2018Jul 3, 2018
No Human Being Is Illegal: Abolishing ICE Is The Right Thing To DoAllow me to start off with a few caveats: I don’t think “open borders” are necessarily a good idea, and criminal gangs being targeted by…May 21, 2018May 21, 2018
Killing in the Name of National SecurityA recent report from Isabel Kershner and Iyad Abuheweila relates that on the 20th of April, “Palestinians protested for a fourth Friday…Apr 23, 2018Apr 23, 2018
Two Minutes to Midnight: The Existential Menace of Nuclear WarThe question hangs in the air like a stagnant breath that will not dissipate: Will we see it in our lifetime? In recent weeks and months…Jan 25, 2018Jan 25, 2018
Everything Will Be OkayPerhaps not, but worth beginning the New Year on a positive note. The global stage, as it were, appears to be aflame. However, we did not…Jan 7, 2018Jan 7, 2018
Wealth Inequality Expands WorldwideCredit Suisse published its Global Wealth Report for 2017, dated this month, which found that “global mean wealth” is at a new record high…Nov 19, 2017Nov 19, 2017