How elites scam americans out of housing
The same guy who spent $31,000 of taxpayer money on office furniture wants to triple the rent America’s poorest people pay.The Secretary of Housing...
Fighting back in the war on the poor
In many ways, things are harder now than they were 50 years ago.What’s the first thing that you think of when you think of...
It is human issue, not a political issue
The fight against pipelines can unite progressives and libertarians, city folk and country folk.I almost cried at a press conference, watching a mother and...
Journalists are activists for truth
When reporters can do their work, democracy flourishes. When they can’t, it flounders.President Trump has prompted a new era of attacks on journalists, emboldening...
A human trend
I’m proud of the way my generation is choosing to raise their kids.I think parents in my generation are raising their sons and daughters...
Here’s a bigger threat to Trump than impeachment
In recent weeks, Republican leaders have sought to motivate potentially lagging GOP turnout in November’s mid-term elections by hoisting the bloody flag of impeachment,...
Crusade to feminize isn’t a thing
Apparently there is an ongoing crusade to feminize males in this country. At least according to one local columnist.In his piece that appeared in...
Femanizing males: A modern trend
It seems to me that the campaign, the crusade, to “femanize” males in this country is gathering considerable momentum. Oh, this vision of a...
Conspiracy theorists in Trump-Russia investigation see black and white in an ocean of gray
The Trump presidency is often a kind of political “Rashomon,” with partisans on either side looking at the same facts and coming to wildly...
Gambling on sports is a bad bet
“I am shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on in here.” — Captain Renault, “Casablanca”Human nature being what it is it should...