“Mary, grab the baby, the river’s rising Muddy water taking back the land The old-frame house, she can’t take-a one more beating Ain’t no use to stay and make a stand Well the morning light shows water in the valley Daddy’s grave just went below the line Things to say, ‘You just can’t take ‘em […]
Suspect from the beginning, U.S. secretary of state ousted after finishing business with Kremlin During the 2016 election, the Russian president made it very clear he was interested in an outcome that would spell the end of Obama-era sanctions. From the Republican side, he received assurances, perhaps even before the election night results were in. […]
I suppose every country has natural beauty of some form or another. I think here in the United States we’re especially blessed, and when I spend some time outdoors—or even look out my window—here in my beloved Florida, it stings to know that all of it is on a precipice to great catastrophe. Existential threat. […]
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, […]
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 […]
As catastrophes of all kinds occur more frequently, government does what’s best—for government “… I knew that America would never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money like some demonic destructive suction tube. So, I was […]
“Buy-in” follows speaking the language, and buy-in accepts only cash Local and state law enforcement agencies in the United States employ over one million people. The Department of Defense, about two million. Every single one earns every single penny of their paychecks from taxes on the American people. The amount in those paychecks is thus […]
Exaltation of military and police tightly woven into U.S. daily life The September 11, 2001 attacks against targets in the United States and the government’s reaction to it harmed our country in myriad ways, and that harm has spread, morphed, and changed us as citizens, sometimes profoundly. With its tendency to seep into everyday lives […]
In offensive new marketing low, television commercials offer “hurricane relief” discounts How can a salesperson feel good about closing a deal after their company exploits a hurricane for financial gain? Here in Florida, post-Irma television is chock full of commercials (car ads, especially) proclaiming solidarity with survivors, offering to “expedite parts” to dealerships (What were […]
Miami recorded its hottest May ever, and Savannah topped its 128-year high I read a tweet earlier today about how “liberals” are “fighting weather” while conservatives are fighting terrorism. “#londonbridge,” the tweeter added. How very simple. “Weather is nice, terrorists are mean,” is another way of stating her point. And all too often, certain political […]