The Truth Suffers
We need to consider the words of George Orwell when acts of petty vengeance are taken against people who obey subpoenas and tell the truth under oath.
Yes, their words resulted in damage to the U.S. president, a man who tells, on average 12 – 13 lies per day and punishes critics as severely as possible, so the ouster of these honest men came as no surprise to anyone. But if this republic has any chance of survival, it will be realized only when some semblance of truth and honor is returned to the top echelon of government.
We commonly come across opinions as to how Trump gained the U.S. presidency, many of which contain the now-cliched metaphor of “the perfect storm,” meaning, in this case, the confluence of ignorance, financial hardship, a disdain for liberals, a fierce hatred of Hillary Clinton, and bottled up racism. 
Reader Mark Sudia asks, “
Rightfully, there is a great deal of hand-wringing about the American oligarchy, that our country is controlled a narrow set of billionaires, and that the common American has no voice in politics. Somehow, Michael Bloomberg’s entrance onto the seen has made people aware of this, as if for the first time. 
Coal consumption continues to decline in the U.S., as plants around the country are shuttered, largely due to operational costs and inexpensive natural gas and renewable energy. As one might guess, however, this happy trend is not proceeding unencumbered. From the 
The past few weeks have shown that the U.S. president can a) do whatever he wants with total impunity, and b) punish those whose acts of conscience command them to speak the truth in opposition. 
The wall that formerly separated the U.S. from an authoritarian regime has been effectively demolished.
Strange news seems to be limitless in supply. From this 
Back in 2009, within a few months after 2GreenEnergy announced that it would conduct a no-charge review of any renewable energy business plan, someone showed me the very idea shown at left: converting the energy from spinning heat dissipators into electricity. I told him that he should begin by measuring the total amount of power available in the best of conditions, and determining the value of the energy they would produce in the course of the hottest day of the year. 
A mere 138 dead Salvadorans, butchered by the violence they were desperately trying to escape? We can live with that.
As we know, average temperatures around the globe are rising, but some spots are warming much faster than others.
