Thursday, March 28, 2024

The people’s Memorial Day

On this Memorial Day let us contemplate the moral injury we do to our nation every day in the never ending wars of the 21st Century.

What a wonderful world

A system produces leaders who reflect the dominant values of its components.

Donald Trump’s Ajit (Pai)-prop

President Trump knows how to use the mass media, and social media, to manipulate public opinion and sway voters.

Going to the Daytime Emmys

There was once a literate public. This is gone now, replaced by a vast burlesque.

Massive, relentless attacks on the U.S. media; a precursor to a totalitarian state?

The big question then is; what kind of a president with what kind of characteristics would be needed to take this country in that dangerous direction?

CNN and Fox News use the same climate change denier to talk science

It seems to be a media rule: If you’re “not a scientist,” pick the wrong one you like as your go-to authority.

March for Science: NationofChange marches with thousands in Earth Day protests

The momentum to bring back respect for science has started.

Bill O’Reilly ousted from Fox News amid sexual scandals

O’Reilly continues to deny the allegations against him. As a living testament to hypocrisy, O’Reilly has built a career promoting family values.

A nation of the walking dead

The corporate state will expand our access to a variety of opioids and numbing situations to temporarily alleviate our stress, financial dislocations, depression and anxiety.

The public is clueless about the federal budget and it’s the New York Times’...

We should be able to get reporters to do their jobs and report budget numbers in a way that means something to their audience.