Sometimes I just have to maintain a very active sense of humor to keep up with Republican governors. The sun…
Government Institutions
We’re Headed For the Last Roundup
An old cowboy song, tribute to the end of cowboy-culture, but a metaphor for the end of civilization as well.…
Will the Last Bee in the Hive Please Turn Out the Lights
Monsanto was recently sold to the Germans at Bayer and its name changed, no doubt to end-run its toxic history.…
Do We Have the ‘Right’ to a Future?
Individually, yes but collectively no. That’s a very quick answer, but it shadows a great many flaws in what we…
An Asshole and Killer, But “Our Asshole and Killer”
Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud is the guy who runs the show in Saudi Arabia and a ruthlessly interesting dude…
Feel-Good Nazi Prosecutions
Is this a little weird, or not? According to the article, a 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard who has…
In Olden Days, a Glimpse of Stocking…
…was looked on as something shocking, now heaven knows…anything goes. So says the musical genius Cole Porter And that resonates…
Why This Last-Minute Trump Blood-Lust?
Donald Trump has chosen to execute thirteen federal death-row inmates for no explainable reason except that he can. What could…
Drug-Trafficking Sackler Family Walks Free
I guess we’ve lost our sense of outrage in America but, with all the talk about the rich owning an…
Justice Is Not Blind—It’s on the Make
I’ve written on this before. The Sackler family, sole owners of Purdue Pharma, creators and promoters of OxtContin, is rounding…