At a time when communities across America are literally under siege by secretive data center powers intent on seizing our land, water, electric grid, and even our local democracy – that’s when you’re grateful to...
Growing up, I received a wealth of working-class values from my parents, including this nugget about egalitarianism: “Nobody is better than you,” they said, “and you’re no better than anybody else.” That’s the ethical underpinning...
Let’s all gather ‘round the campfire, Buckaroos and let Ol’ Cactus Jim here tell you about some of today’s hardy, hard-working cowboys. Yes, those manly men who live free-spirited, yippy-ti-yi-yo, cowboy lives out in the...
Memo from corporate headquarters to staff: “Notice – the beatings will continueuntil employee morale improves.” That corporate joke would also fit the perverse ethic of the Republican Party’s latest assault on homeless Americans. Believe it...
Here’s a reality that the Powers That Be keep trying to put out of sight and out of mind: Poverty. Yes, right here in our own fabulously-rich USA. Don’t tell anybody, but millions of American...
Public leadership doesn’t mean that the “leader” has to have all the solutions, but instead must be open to others with problem-solving ideas. That was one of Franklin Roosevelt’s great strengths when he came into...
Wow, here’s some blockbuster economic news from Team Trump: The income gap between the rich and the rest of us is over! How do we know this? Because Scott Bessent says so. Who’s he? Secretary...
“If you find that you’ve dug yourself into a hole, the very first thing to do is quit digging.” That old country saying has a newly-urgent relevance to us today, for Big Tech, Big Finance,...
The great thing about “art towns” is, of course, the artists who live there and their art. So why are so many art town officials deliberately and stupidly driving artists out of town? I live...
It’s no secret that voters are increasingly disgusted by today’s extremist, right-wing Republican lawmakers. But less known is the fact that extremist GOP lawmakers are even more disgusted by you voters! They’re so disgusted that...