'…a major destabilizing influence'
I keep reading that polls show young people — the so-called Millennial Generation aged 23-38— are overwhelmingly backing Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination (along with even younger voters) while the so-called Baby Boom Generation of people now aged roughly 55 to 75 are going for Joe Biden, Mike …
Can I have a gun? I don’t own one. I’ll need a target for my gun? I’ll buy one at Target. Can I have a reason to own a gun? I don’t have a good reason. Why am I so different? One day my friend called. He is a writer of children’s books. He said, …
Clint Eastwood is a great filmmaker. Unforgiven is a flawed, but still magnificent, western that deals with the tension between legend and reality. Eastwood’s latest film – Richard Jewell – is another example of tight, well-wrought filmmaking. But as good as the film is as storytelling, it emits a rotten smell. OK, it’s hardly as …
Invisible clouds of methane rise from the thawing tundra, and from bubbles percolating in the northern sea And from god-forsaken tank-farms of grief. With my special diet, these high-tech glasses And in spite of my best attempts at denial, I can clearly see the specter of extinction Afoot in the land. I took a walk …
In 1966, during the early years of the America’s war against Vietnam, Congress passed and President Johnson signed into law a Freedom of Information Act. The FOIA wasn’t all that great at the time, though. Indeed, it took the courageous act of two men, Daniel Ellsberg and his co-conspirator, Anthony Russo, to to …
Continue reading “‘Afghan Papers’ Wouldn’t Be Needed If We Had a Real Independent Newsmedia”
My best friend and I followed the Fenton To Mansfield Hollow Dam When I was 8 or 9. Beautiful memory. Beautiful stream. The water was weak-coffee-colored (From oak leaves Steeping in the slower Muddy-bottomed bends) But clean. We waded Most of the way barefoot, Slipping on the algae-coated Stones, losing our balance, Playful as otters. …
Donald Trump’s narcissistic, authoritarian instincts and the man’s clear admiration of Vladimir Putin’s gangster-capitalist leadership style makes me think of archetypal killers. During his campaign for president he spoke often of killing; he would anonymously refer to some of his business friends as “real killers,” which was meant as a compliment on their skills and …
Donald Trump’s infamous undermining, threatening and driving out of her position of the American ambassador to the Ukraine earlier this year -– now an key element in the impeachment inquiry of the President -– contains gross similarities to the terse termination just months later of the African Union’s ambassador to America. The attaks on and …
Continue reading “African Leader Follows Trump’s Dirty Deal Playbook When Sacking An Ambassador”
A lot of pundit verbiage and Democratic Party internal debate as well is being wasted on the question of whether Trump could be convicted successfully in a Senate currently run by a lickspittle Republican majority afr0aid of their shadows and devoid of any concern for the fate of Constitutional government. Let’s accept that the 20-plus …
Circle up. Hold hands. Look around. Look across. Look at your feet. Look at all the shoes. Shoes with feet in them. We make a good circle. Circle of people. Is life a circle? Where is the circle of life? Is there a bigger circle? Why can’t I see it? Is the Koala in it? …