Snake Poses on a Plane
Is there a right place and a wrong place to do things like Tai Chi, Yoga and Snake Poses? When I was in high school, I had a good friend whose boyfriend did Tai Chi. … Read moreSnake Poses on a Plane
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In Over His Head and Under Senate House Arrest
Donald Trump is in over his head, and ought to be under Senate House Arrest. Just like the character Chauncey Gardiner played by Peter Sellers in the 1979 hit movie, Being There, the 45th U.S. … Read moreIn Over His Head and Under Senate House Arrest
Trump’s Border Policies Undermine Our Democracy
Terrorized children are incarcerated in chain-link cages, thanks to Trump’s cruel border policies. In early June, I traveled to “The Valley,” as the McAllen-Brownsville area of Texas is called, down where the Rio Grande empties … Read moreTrump’s Border Policies Undermine Our Democracy
Cowboys for Liberty
An audacious network of hell-raising climate-change activists, Cowboys for Liberty is out to expose, shame and defeat the corporate-serving profiteers. What’s in a name? By definition, the name of a person, place or thing is … Read moreCowboys for Liberty
A Wall Won’t Fix Immigration
Illegal immigration is often the result of the abject poverty and violence that people face in their homeland. No wall will fix that, nor stop the influx. The wailing in our country about the “invasion … Read moreA Wall Won’t Fix Immigration
What Does the Democratic Party Want?
Where is the Democratic Party? The Party of the People is stuck in the status quo — the still-reigning, old-line hierarchy of the Democratic party is unwilling to just be dedicated to, well, to the … Read moreWhat Does the Democratic Party Want?
How Bad Public Policy Happens: eg, Trump’s Attack on the US Post Office
Trump attacks the Post Office to get back at Bezos Question: If you inject a stream of raw ignorance into a vat of gaseous arrogance, then jolt the mixture with 1,000 megawatts of malevolence… what … Read moreHow Bad Public Policy Happens: eg, Trump’s Attack on the US Post Office
Trump’s Hair: An Analysis
In his unique aerodynamic coif, we can see the president’s entire philosophy of leadership. That’s why we need this detailed analysis of Trump’s hair. Many readers have protested this column’s tiresome history of taking cheap … Read moreTrump’s Hair: An Analysis
A Wall Street Sin Tax
One way to restore some fiscal sanity is a “Wall Street Sin Tax.” The moneyed populace is adroit at getting Congress to shift America’s tax burden to workers, consumers, small businesses — anyone but them. … Read moreA Wall Street Sin Tax
Goons in Gucci
Bands of nouveau corporate royalists are today’s Goons in Gucci In the fierce labor wars of the last century, industrial barons employed Pinkertons and other goons to bloody the heads of laborers or simply gun … Read moreGoons in Gucci