15 Oct, 2023
Boxes
Boxes by Tom H. Hastings 446 words Little boxes, made of ticky-tacky…–Malvina Reynolds When someone is determined to ignore the...
15 Oct, 2023
24 Oct, 2021
Why is U.S. military spending increasing to new, outlandish levels?
Although critics of the Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan to increase funding for U.S. education, healthcare, and action against climate catastrophe say the United States can’t afford it, there are no such qualms about ramping up funding for the U.S. military...
21 Oct, 2021
Gravy train: Corporate profiteering on national defense
A long time ago, Gordon Adams introduced the term “iron triangle” to characterize the interlocked relationship of the Pentagon’s military services, the corporations that contract with it to build weapons and provide services, and the Congressional committees that vote on military appropriations—in short...
10 Oct, 2021
Two parties: Two countries
We have a two-party political system, one that evolves with time, people, and circumstance...
23 Dec, 2020
Restoring the soul of America
"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nailed it once again, tweeting her frustration and despair a few days ago..."
5 Mar, 2020
The meaning of Super Tuesday
“A gush of corporate relief fills the airwaves as Super Tuesday becomes history. A progressive wave was not electorally visible...
17 Dec, 2019
Anger and forgiveness in our polity
“When Russ Feingold and John McCain reached agreement on legislation that helped reform the contamination of special interest money into...
17 Nov, 2018
The Red-Blue divide: Why beating ‘em is better than joining ‘em
“Unless I am in a particularly peaceful mood, I tend to scoff at the idea of building bridges between Democrats...
3 Nov, 2018
Why You Need to Vote (Democrat)
“While nonpartisan get-out-the-vote efforts are admirable and necessary for democracy as it is practiced in the United States, I am...
7 Sep, 2016
How Democrats and Republicans switched beliefs
“Strangely, over a century, America’s two major political parties gradually reversed identities, like the magnetic poles of Planet Earth switching...
31 Aug, 2016
None of the Above
“Western civilization has entered the long-predicted Secular Age when the power of religion over society gradually recedes. Europe started” James...