21 May, 2023
Dogwhistling DeSantis
Dogwhistling DeSantis by Tom H. Hastings 432 words The 2024 Republican presidential primary is really shaping up. Amongst the randos...
21 May, 2023
18 May, 2023
Ceilings, cliffs, walls, falls
Ceilings, cliffs, walls, falls by Tom H. Hastings 906 words Ceilings Janet Yellen may be physically small in stature, but...
29 Apr, 2023
Public Health 101: Guns
Public Health 101: Guns by Tom H. Hastings 871 words A Texas “gun enthusiast,” Francisco Oropeza, 39, was firing off his...
16 Apr, 2023
How to Convert a War to Peace
How to Convert a War to Peace by Tom H. Hastings 861 words Many attempts have been made to stop...
13 Apr, 2023
Bait and Switch: It’s the TrumpDeSantis Way
Bait and Switch: It’s the TrumpDeSantis Way by Tom H. Hastings 545 words Frank Luntz was an infamous Republican operative,...
2 Apr, 2023
Profits of Doom: Military Contractors Rob Us Daily
Profits of Doom: Military Contractors Rob Us Daily by Tom H. Hastings 876 words It’s Budget Season in DC and...
25 Mar, 2023
Clash: Democracy vs Dictatorship
Clash: Democracy vs Dictatorship by Tom H. Hastings 588 words It was 1776. The US was a baby nation-state. It...
3 Mar, 2023
Hype, hypocrisy, and lying to the people
Hype, hypocrisy, and lying to the people by Tom H. Hastings 712 words Hypocrisy in high places Most folks are...
20 Feb, 2023
Revisiting the nonviolent Iranian Revolution 44 years later
Revisiting the nonviolent Iranian Revolution 44 years later by Haley Morrow with Tom H. Hastings 646 words February 11th marked...
10 Feb, 2023
SOTU shows us reality and surreality
SOTU shows us reality and surreality by Tom H. Hastings 1004 words Biden speaks to working Americans (mostly) Ok, like...
6 Jan, 2023
They never tire of abusing Dr. King
From the Dept. of Horrible Chutzpah During the fight over the new House Speaker election, ...
30 Dec, 2022
Unity in the community, or, how I learned to get along with my enemies
For years I taught a graduate class, Identity Conflict, and I would begin the term by noting that trying to...
23 Dec, 2022
A New Year’s Revolution
Social movements in divided America? Looking at the most controversial social movements in the US over the past few years we might come to the conclusion that it's really...
16 Dec, 2022
Leaving a cheap crook behind
What could Biden be thinking, trading a mere basketball player for the "Merchant of Death" while leaving a Marine behind?
28 Nov, 2022
Viral violence
In my town, Portland, Oregon, we just lost yet another person to gun violence, this time as a result of an argument over a parking spot. Seriously.