Thursday, July 9, 2026

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.

The gig is up

Gig work is making capitalism harsher.
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The myth of the rugged individual

The American dream promises that anyone can make it if they work hard enough and play by the rules. Anyone can make...

Yearly wrap: Handful of good, loads of bad, onslaughts of ugly

Thus, the ugliest consequence to wasting billions on Pentagon missiles rather than funding education—stupidity—is a greater threat even than climate change.

Prospects for a republic beset with disunity 

A republic needs endless work/ Or insurgent forces go berserk.

Trump Buddies Up to Putin

Imagine what Republicans would say if a Democrat had invited the Russian president to interfere in a U.S. election.

Syria Truce Holds, Offering Hopes for Delivery of Humanitarian Aid

There was little sign of political compromise, however, which is a bad sign for the future.

Saving the bumblebee starts with changing our farming practices

We are the cause of the bumblebee decline—and the solution.

On John Lewis: Unsolicited advice for Donald Trump

This isn't about being politically correct – this is about being Presidential.