Recap: The dark energy that had been installed inside store-bought steel pipes erupted blindly against the house and everyone in it. Ricky and his mother lay covered in white dust on the rubble. In the corner where the front door had stood, their neighbor Gloria—come in the morning to check on the pair—lay dead in […]
Recap: Gloria stunned Lucy and her son with the news of Mr. Skandowski having been arrested as a suspect in the killing of a firefighter—a firefighter who was, at the time, working to put out the flames at the suspect’s own residence. On top of that, there were others injured. As the three neighbors began […]
Recap: After a night of sleep, interrupted by police officers and FBI agents canvassing the neighborhood, Ricky and his mom emerged from their rooms grateful to be alive and well. The boy raced downstairs and started a half-pot of coffee for his mother, Lucy. Came their next-door neighbor Gloria knocking on the door. Come to […]
As our government sells off federal lands and assets of every other kind, to whom is a citizen to turn? Someday, professors will teach courses on this episode in American history. The first full-blown kleptocracy installed in our Republic. Even as students learn about it many years from now, the damage might still not be […]
Cynical and dastardly moves by government to open nearly all waters to offshore drilling “A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. With righteous indignation, it will look across the seas and see individual capitalists of the West investing huge sums of money in Asia, Africa, […]
Government regulator seeks to repeal post-Deepwater regulations (because there’s money in doing so) I hope you’ll pardon me for saying this for the umpteenth in not so many words: There exists a breed of narcissist (perhaps he has always existed) who is also psychopathic and pathologically avaricious. Why should we be interested in these […]
Chief of Pacific Command reveals depths of politicians’ propaganda “[Global warming] is probably the most likely thing that is going to happen… that will cripple the security environment, probably more likely than the other scenarios we all often talk about.’’ Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, Commander, United States Pacific Forces Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 2013 […]
Kim Jong-un issues promise to make president “pay dearly” for U.N. comments In this social media age, the sheer volume of bluster and bull from politicians staggers. Any responsible U.S. citizen must wonder if our system of government necessitates constant lying and posturing. (For starters, reelection concerns and dutiful service to the country create a […]
Top government officials at loss to explain away climate-change-strengthened storms Imagine you’re the current governor of Florida. You’ve gone on record many times stating that climate change (global warming) is fake. (Notice that the more recent crop of politicians labels anything they don’t like “fake.” Fake news, fake global warming, etc.) Now, the strongest hurricane […]
A surge in troops and money to Afghanistan looks like desperation from the White House Once again, the president of the United States wants the people to take his word for it. As he read a statement prepared for him on Monday, pronouncing new commitments to the 17-year-old war in Afghanistan, he said victory would […]