Ed Norton Occupies the World
“Empires fold up when either they get overrun or their citizens have had enough.”
Ants at a pandemic picnic
Now, we see cities throughout Amerika with bars and restaurants open, and millions of us mingling face to face, beer to beer, with no masks.
Why war?
Can we not rid the world of the institution of war?
Ship the Statue of Liberty back to France
How far will Trump go in his ‘politically incorrect’ new form of ‘Americanism’?
Big Man politics, Africa to America
“Elect a Congress and Senate of Democrats next fall. Articles of impeachment are already in hand.”
Historical Heroes: Cincinnatus, Washington and Whipple
We do not educate our children to follow in their footsteps.
The Civil War Returns to New Orleans
“So, as we grapple with the need to regulate banks and pharmaceutical companies, greenhouse emissions and guns, let us give some thought to the regulating of racism and other hateful attitudes through the judicious use of those public institutions that help shape attitudes from generation to generation.”
What is the point of your human life?
For some time now, I’ve been trying to assess the point of one’s human life. What makes you (or me) important or...
The Opportunist and the Fanatics
How long will the marriage of convenience between the opportunist Donald Trump and the fanatics of the NRA last?
TrumPutin: Jobs, security, and buyer’s remorse
The Trump cabinet is defining itself as a military junta with predatory extractive capitalist cronies and climate change deniers a sort of General Goldman Sachs composite.