As Trump & Co. hurl horror after horror at us from the murky darkness of their extremely wasteful “war on government waste,” I think of Lily Tomlin, who said years ago: “No matter how cynical...
Years ago, an iconic bar named “Another Raw Deal” was a regular hangout for us irreverent, free-spirited, political progressives in Austin, Texas. Even those push-button, hot-air hand dryers in its restrooms were political—printed on the...
America’s family farmers were astonished recently to get a jolly tweet from the President of the United States: “Have fun!” exclaimed The Donald. Fun? The farm economy is in the ditch, with crop prices at...
Let us embrace the darkness. Not the political dark ages being pushed on us by today’s regressive right-wing forces, but nature’s own pure darkness of night. Unfortunately, we Homo Sapiens have largely blacked out nature’s...
Texas: What the Hell? Once again, my state’s GOP hierarchy is leading the nation in creative ways to increase corporate power over people’s rights. This time, lawmakers are rushing to protect corrupt executives from legal...
At last, Washington is going to eliminate government waste! Trump & Company’s budget-whacking crew even brandished a big ol’ chainsaw to show us hoi polloi that they’re serious. So goodbye to those ridiculous, multibillion-dollar giveaways...
Eeeeeek, there’s a mouse in the house! Oh wait—it’s just Little Mike Johnson. He’s harmless. Mike is Speaker of the House of Representatives, which used to be a vital part of America’s national government....
Harry Truman once proclaimed: “No man should be president who doesn’t understand hogs.” That might explain the calamitous mess that President Trump-Musk is making of our government today. Clearly, Don and Elon know nothing about...
A classic a bumper sticker posed this alarming question: “Where are we going, and what am I doing in this handbasket?” What we’re in today is an Orwellian basket to political hell, propelled by Trump...
Last week, the Democratic Party’s top congressional leaders finally took a bold stand against Trump’s assault on our democracy when he came to Congress to tout his autocratic agenda....