At left are the words of retired Army officer Fred Wellman, a graduate of West Point and the Harvard Kennedy School, who served 22 years in the Army, primarily in combat as an aviator. I can only add to what …
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Under Trump, Senator Finds It Hard to Push for Veterans’ Well-Being
Here is Patty Murray, serving her sixth term as a United States senator from Washington state, expressing a concern. You’re demanding an answer? Well, that’s excellent. But, if you haven’t figured out that the Trump administration enjoys absolute power and, …
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Most of Our Worries Are Manufactured
This beautifully written piece at left reminds us that most Americans are not capable of discarding the bullshit to which we are exposed on a daily basis, and, in particular, how little threat the transsexual population represents to us. Three …
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Fearing the Worst, Economically
“Pessimism” is the wrong word here, insofar as it concerns the future. It’s a tendency to believe that the worst will happen; it’s a lack of hope or confidence in the future. While Americans may be pessimistic, what the meme …
Trump on Egg Prices
Trump says, “You know, the cost of eggs have come down like 93, 94% since we took office. They are pretty much normally price now.” In truth, the price of a dozen eggs in April 2024 was $4.15; now it’s …
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Ensuring Next Public Health Crisis Is as Lethal as Possible
Insofar as the world is not currently beset with an epidemic like COVID-19, the subject of people’s “rights” to flout health regulations is not a present-day issue in our daily news cycles. That’s a good thing, but it would be …
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The Poor, Sick, and Elderly
It’s not just the poor, sick, and elderly who suffer, and whose lives will continue to get worse, to that group, we need to add those who count on: Public education, labor laws, food safety standards, air traffic control, social …
Trump’s Core Beliefs Aren’t Going Anywhere
Regrettably, what U.S. representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says here is completely true. The genie is out of the bottle. Long after Trump is gone, his core values of racism, xenophobia, greed and lawlessness will remain, and form the soul of a …
Trump an Enemy Asset?
There is no proof of this. Yet. Even if it turns out to be untrue, his actions are identical to those that an enemy of the United States would take: crashing the economy, turning allies against us, and destroying American …
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Pope Francis’ Legacy
It would be foolish to think that Pope Francis made a dent in the hate and hypocrisy of the Christian right, but at least he tried.
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