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If the barrage of MAGA nuttiness and raw meanness is getting you down, ponder this passage from the classic novel, "Don Quixote": "It is not possible for the bad or the good to last forever ... and since the bad has lasted so long, the good is close at hand."

Of course, the good only comes when fed-up people openly rebel against the bad. And,...Read more

How sweet it is to be a corporate criminal these days!

I don't mean common price gougers, polluters and such, but full-fledged, executive-suite mobsters. They run huge corporate syndicates, treating fraud and even murder as necessary business tools. For example, Boeing Incorporated.

In 2018, a Boeing 737 MAX passenger jet suddenly nose-dived...Read more

Let's say you like shrimp. Whether you go for a chain restaurant's happy hour shrimp boil or a pricey plate of "shrimp a la grandioso" at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort -- a good question to ask is: Where do they get their shrimp?

Even if the restaurant has an ocean view and a shrimp boat out front, chances are its crustaceans ...Read more

There is a species of birds named "superb starlings," and I propose that we elect one of them to be our next president.

These wise creatures have figured out how to make egalitarianism central to their society, with a diversity of birds actively supporting each other. When bringing food back to their chicks, for example, adult starlings ...Read more

You might be alarmed to learn that a little-known group in America is being treated inhumanely, denied even the most basic human rights.

I refer to our society's callous treatment of AI bots.

Who? AI bots are not an ethnic group, but the rapidly evolving species of advanced "artificial intelligence beings," spawned in recent years by the ...Read more

Well, habemus papam. Welcome, Pope Leo! Bless him ... and us.

I hope no one thinks I am blasphemous, but I go to a church nearly every Saturday that is not denominational. It isn't held in any sort of ornate cathedral, temple or mosque. It's a plain wooden, open-air shed with a metal roof and a loose brick floor -- but it's filled with ...Read more

Donnie Trump -- what a joker, huh?

Remember his promise to end Russia's war against Ukraine on Day One of his presidency? No joke, he bragged: "It'll be done within 24 hours. You watch."

Well, here we are at Day One Hundred, with the war still raging. So, President Donald Trump either lied ... or failed. But The Donald had a Joker up his ...Read more

The federal budget is not only about money, but fundamentally about our country's morality -- our commitment to fairness, equality and unity.

Which brings me to, of all things, our nation's Farm Bill. This sprawling piece of legislation, updated every five years, is intended to combine the interests of farmers with consumers, production with ...Read more

President Donald Trump has never been able to comprehend the plain fact that when a person says no, that actually means "NO." His view is that his every desire should be met with surrender -- even if that requires applying force.

This explains a lot about his crude approach to Greenland, demanding that the Danish territory simply succumb to ...Read more

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 you get, it's almost impossible to keep up."

But no need to swat frantically at their every assault. Their Blitzkrieg against everything at once is an ...Read more

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 depression levels and bankruptcies surging. Plus, Trump Inc. is now rigging the law to give agribusiness monopolies more power to run ...Read more

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 challenges by their own shareholders!

Their law would ban rank-and-file owners of corporate giants from suing their CEOs ...Read more

Eeeeeek, there's a mouse in the house! Oh wait -- it's just Little Mike Johnson. He's harmless.

Mike is the Speaker of the House of Representatives, which used to be a vital part of America's national government. The Constitution empowers the House to oversee the federal budget, public policies and the actions of presidents. But Johnson has ...Read more