This is not a satire, but I might be slightly misrepresenting Senator Manchin’s views. Or not. Your problem Pretend you have $50,000 in student loans, but no job. Senator Manchin will forgive that debt, even though President Biden might not. However, were he to simply cancel the loan, you would…

Read This First. I recently retired after spending about 50 years as a practicing psychiatrist. The term “chemical imbalance,” to my knowledge, was never intended to be an explanation for depression. It is a way of saying that depression results from problems in the brain itself. Depression is not a moral issue or…

The Inflation Reduction Act is ok. When I first heard that I thought,“ What's wrong with perfect?” I didn't understand what it meant. I was one of those who wanted my term papers to look perfect as well as be perfect. I was never good enough. When I started writing…

The Senate recently passed the Inflation Reduction Act. It contains many items which Democrats have been longing for. Some have criticized the bill, but “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” According to the writers of the following article, President Biden campaigned on a policy which they called “middle-out.”…

The following is not literally true. It is a psychoanalytic fantasy with a loose association to current events. The unconscious does not know time, so past, present, and future can intermix. First, the real world: For many years both political parties worked for the benefit of the rich. …

Photo by Brian Wertheim on Unsplash I received a text from “Our Revolution,” a progressive group founded by Bernie Sanders to elect Progressives. There are two Progressive Representatives in Michigan who are in primary races against corporate Democrats. Corporate Democrats are funneling millions to defeat them. Nancy is running scared…

We must all write to Pelosi, Chuck, our Senator, our Representative, and anyone else we can think of. Here is my letter. Pelosi.house.gov/contact-me Schumer.senate.gov/contact/email-chuck (They all have contact forms on their websites) Dear Senator Schumer and Speaker Pelosi: For 40 years the rich have gotten richer and everyone else has…

And a Little Sarcasm Goes a Long Way. — Yesterday, my wife encouraged me to watch Fox News. She thinks I am biased because I watch MSNBC or Gold Rush. Of course, she’s right. I don’t recall who I saw. Perhaps Ingram and DeSantis. A Presidential spokesman had said the President ate his entire breakfast. They got a chuckle…

Open letter to the Democratic Party: America was great in the time of Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. The Economist usually doesn’t tell anyone what to do. It is fair and balanced. You, however, have been missing in action for too long. Except Beto O’Rourke, who speaks with feeling…