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Talk is Cheap: We Will Never Defeat Russia If We're Buying Their Oil
But I am also NOT a fan of double-talk and BS'ing the American people.
Like it or not, President Joe Biden has made a career out of lying, double-talk, and plagiarism. He was elected only because his name was NOT Donald Trump. And now th…
Truckers, Tractors, And Ukraine: What Do They Tell Us About Democracy?
TRUCKER PROTEST - Amidst pictures of the new war in Ukraine, the U.S. is anticipating photos of truck convoys arriving in the Washington D…
Am I In Heaven Or Just Flying Out Of Palm Springs Airport?
AIR TRAVEL - If you’re heading to heaven, you really should fly out of Palm Springs.
Vote To Reduce Plastics and Clean Up Our Environment
GUEST COMMENTARY - I still remember the poster on the wall at Bell Gardens Intermediate School back in 1987: “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.”
There Are Two Types Of Men. There’s Ukrainian President Zelensky & Then There’s Ted Cruz.
GUEST COMMENTARY - Photos of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) are circulating online as a side-by-side profi…
The Persistence of the Racist Police State
GUEST COMMENTARY - I almost never cease to be stunned by the white racist violence of the U.S.-American criminal justice system.
What the US Does Not Understand About Russia
COMMENTARY - War has begun in Ukraine and where it heads next is uncertain.
Russia At War
RUSSIA WAR ANALYSIS - Despite the impressive TikTok feeds showing the Russian phalanx heading in formations across the Ukrainian frontier a…
Creating Peace Means Changing The World
COMMENTARY - Only threat, pain and inflicted hell preserve peace, right?
Big Oil Is Trying to Profit from the War in Ukraine
WINDS OF WAR - Putin’s tanks had barely crossed the border into Ukraine before the American Petroleum Institute (API) was out on Twitter at…
Not Your Champion
OPINION - Dear America: Donald Trump is no more your savior than Hitler was Germany’s savior. Regain your consciousness.
Can We Have a Do Over for 2022?
MY THOUGHTS - This was not the article I was planning for this week’s column.
Why Gerrymandering Could Get Way Worse
POLITICS WATCH - Republicans are gerrymandering themselves into entrenched minority power, unless we stop them now.
Micro-Aggression v Bullying
COMMENTARY - A few months ago, I was accused of micro-aggression because I refused to post my pronouns in a zoom meeting.
Who’s Behind the People’s Convoy to Washington DC?
AGAINST MANDATES - Thousands of truckers are being hijacked by anti-vax loonies and encouraged to parade through red state America in searc…
Putin’s Advance Into Ukraine Compares with Saddam Hussein’s Invasion of Kuwait…a Disaster for Russia
MILITARY AGGRESSION - On 2 August 1990, Saddam Hussein ordered the Iraqi army to invade and occupy Kuwait in an operation that led to Iraq’…
GOP Attacks on Voting Already Impacting 2022 Primaries
VOTING RIGHTS - The attacks on our democracy are moving into the 2022 primary elections.
It's Presidents Day...And We Hate Them...And They've Earned Our Hatred
The Doctor is IN: As the physical, mental, economic, and certainly emotional health of each and every one of you reading this goes down, we…
Erasure or Remembrance? — Japanese Internment 80 Years Later
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE - Feb. 19 marks the 80th anniversary of when Terminal Island’s residents became the first Japanese Americans on the…
