ONE MAN’S OPINION-Generally people blame the liar for his falsehoods, but matters can be more complicated as we are advised by the adage, “fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.”

GLORIFYING WAR-Yes, our infrastructure stinks, our schools are failing, this country’s a nightmare of inequality, and there’s a self-promoting madman in the White House, so isn’t it time to take pride in the rare institutional victories America has had in this century?

OTHER WORDS-The awful truth about the corporate and governmental power elites in our democratic society is that they really don’t like democracy at all.

A WAR EVERY 20 YEARS--These were the words that did it, that knocked the composure out of me. I was standing at what felt like the heart of Chicago on a January afternoon, corner of Wabash and Wacker, next to the river and beneath the tower known as Trump. The crowd had swelled by this time to nearly a thousand.

CLIMATE POLITICS-Like so many these past few days, I have been stunned by the devastation across Australia.

OTHER WORDS--In a full-blown U.S. war with Iran, up to a million people could die initially.