7 Jul, 2021
If at first you don’t secede
In these Not-So-United States, talk of secession is growing. It has always been a micro-undercurrent, but it is relatively common nowadays.
7 Jul, 2021
1 Jul, 2021
Supreme suppression
The Trump/McConnell-packed Supreme Court has begun to live up to the fondest hopes of fascist Republicans. They ruled that the voter suppression law passed in Arizona is Just Fine.
25 Jun, 2021
Let them suck Sikorskys, let them eat pork
The temperature in my historically cool and temperate city, Portland OR, is projected to be a historic 114 degrees today.
19 Jun, 2021
Juneteenth for white folk
After decades of educating us about the horrific history of Texas slaveowners refusing to let their illegally kept African-descended humans ...
22 May, 2021
Why riot? Toward a typology of social unrest
In Myanmar in early March of this year, people began to attack and vandalize more than two dozen businesses...
17 Feb, 2021
Profiles in pusillanimity
A very young John F. Kennedy, World War II skipper of the small stricken PT 109, showed selfless courage and dogged persistence...
24 Jan, 2021
Feeding two birds with one hand
As a new administration takes charge in the US, possibilities are opening. Many of our biggest...
11 Jan, 2021
Emergency response
Emergency response by Tom H. Hastings 834 words Published in: The Orange Leader, Nation of Change, LA Progressive, The Hastings...
1 Jan, 2021
Exit in disgrace
Will he leave in the middle of the night, embarrassed by his four years of crude, rude, lying, and...
17 Dec, 2020
The Red House: A Cautionary Tale
The Red House: A Cautionary Tale by Saskia Hostetler Lippy MD and Tom H. Hastings 822 words Published in: The...
2 Dec, 2020
Earth to Portland: Dispatch from the Nation’s Problem Child
We live in Portland, Oregon. As almost anyone in our town will tell you...
16 Nov, 2020
The brat
No! No concede! Won’t! Won’t won’t won’t! Donald Trump is a spoiled brat. His election to the highest office...
13 Sep, 2020
Hang together or hang separately
“Ben Franklin warned his pals—the other Founders—that unity was the overriding goal as they struggled for freedom from British rule.” Tom...
3 Sep, 2020
Be a viral superspreader
“I’m hoping you’ll agree to be a viral superspreader—in a good way, in a way that actually defends democracy and...
30 Aug, 2020
Murderers for Trump
“The shooting war has started. Every act of violence committed by those who say they oppose Trump is actually an...