The most important aspect to bear in mind about the history of the United States of America is that it has always been an oligarchy, where a small group of very wealthy and powerful people hold all the cards. This group will stop at nothing not just to maintain that…

Back in the 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson somewhat famously observed that “if you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” Much…

I’m going to make two assertions here that are closely related, even if at first blush they do not seem to be, and that are equally disturbing regardless. Then, I’m going to offer a series of predictions that are no less so—so brace yourself. First, Vladimir Putin is still operating…

Unless you’ve been living under a rock—which seems like the place to be these days, given how things are going—you’re probably aware that the Democratic Party isn’t doing well at all right now. Thanks largely to corporate shills like Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, who ostensibly care more about cozying…

If you haven’t seen it already, this monologue from Bill Maher is an absolute must-watch from start to finish. It’s probably the best summation I’ve seen of what America is likely to face in the next three years. …

A meteorologist in Northern Michigan was recently fired from his television station after 33 years for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Predictably, his response was to spew forth the same verbal excrement that so many of his persuasion have been spewing ever since this all began: Freedom liberty tyranny…

A little over a week ago we lost Stosh, our beloved 15-year-old dog whose loyal and gentle presence was at the center of so many fond family memories over the past decade and a half. He was my parents’ dog, but more than that, he was a family dog in…

I’ll eventually sound like a broken record but if that’s what’s required to underscore this urgent point, I’m fine with it: Republicans understand that a majority of the voting public does not support their regressive ideas (to the extent that they even have any, beyond their cult worship of a…

Last month when I took a trip to Colorado and New Mexico to hike to the top of those states’ respective highest points, the absolutely ferocious winds at the summit of each of them conveyed a vivid message to me without a single spoken word, but also in no uncertain…