Politics

Who we are.

I watch, with fascination, the progress of the parade of poor, wretched people marching from Central America to the promise of freedom and hope. And I worry that they might actually make it. Not to find jobs. Oh, there are plenty of jobs for them, from meat packing plants, to picking crops, installing roofs…

I’ve noticed, it would be almost impossible to ignore, that most efforts to combat homelessness don’t really address helping the homeless. It is as if the homeless and not homelessness is the real problem. They don’t mind the homeless, they would just like them to be less conspicuous about it. Maybe, they could be homeless someplace else, someplace…

Spending our way to the worst outcome possible,

It sounds good, but is it?

As I listen to President Trump talk about his increasing defense spending, his rambling, almost incoherent speech about “nobody will mess with us.” I have to wonder who? Who…

Well, Senator, what do you say?

This morning on Marketplace there was a story about the drop in values of pharmaceutical stock after a statement President Elect Trump made about the profits, and tax havens, of American drug manufacturers. It struck me as odd that an elected official would have such casual…

Trump, Russians, and Apathy

Make America Red Again,

According to an article (actually several articles, all over the place) on the New York Daily News website (seen here) Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky said “We’ll never even get started with doing the things we need…

Fake News, No, Real News.

We live in an era of unprecedented news coverage, and some people just don’t…

Two Weeks, Wow, only two?

Almost two weeks in and President Trump has been extremely busy. Besides his exhaustive tweet schedule, and I defy anybody to try to keep up with the man, he has made time to call, harass, and irritate people all over the world.

The Best and worst

Change, and Its Acidic Effect