The human psyche is delicate. Years of self-knowledge, discipline, and hard work are required to achieve some degree of equilibrium, yet it takes so little to disrupt it. Something bonkers happened yesterday that certainly disturbed mine. Continue reading
Worried about what might be happening behind the scenes in the Trump administration? No need! White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reassured us, there’s no duplicity, synchronicity, or double-dealing whatsoever. This most transparent administration in history is doing it all in your face. Continue reading
Aware of being shut out, lied to, and ignored by elected representatives, the American public responded with energy, concern, and commitment. What was our surprise to find the government responded with its own energy and commitment to shut us out, lie to us, and ignore us like never before. Continue reading
Life is a food chain. Mess that up and you’re messing up a lot. But deep-sea mining companies say dredging up the cradle of life, the seabed, will have minimal impact. Trump’s on board, issuing expedited deep-sea mining permits, illegally of course. Continue reading
Donald, a showdown is brewing, a very unexpected, serious showdown you may not like. It is known throughout the world as the marshmallow test. The consensus is you will fail. Continue reading
Can the Girl Scouts stand up to today’s savage cowboys of corporate America? Continue reading
In an era of mega-politics, the power of monolithic governments only increases as the multitudes they govern swell. To keep democracy in check, those multitudes must be able to rouse mega-opposition when the corridors of mega-power go astray. But the multitudes have a big problem: logistics and infrastructure. Continue reading
Trump’s maneuvers have left us frightened and feeling helpless. And no wonder. Those empowered to serve our interests and needs — politicians and corporations alike — have, in capitulating to Trump, abandoned us. Were we as woke as we are accused of being, this betrayal would draw our harshest condemnation. Continue reading
El Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele does not have the power to smuggle terrorists into the United States. He said so in a recent meeting with President Donald J. Trump in the Oval Office. While we have to respect his candor, Bukele is too modest. Continue reading
The greatest escape artist of our times has emerged in the unlikely contours of one Donald J. Trump. Proof of his spectacular skills confronts us every single sad day: he’s president again. And now he’s getting ready for his greatest stunt: getting himself elected for a third term. But can he pull it off now that we’re all wise to him? Better not to be too smug about it. Continue reading