With a litany of domestic issues, an empty economic ideology, and sanction-happy foreign policy, are we witnessing the beginning of the end? — America thinks it is immune to the cycle of empires. A so-called democracy and ‘dynamic’ free-market economy was thought to be able to evolve, roll with the punches, and continue to ‘benevolently’ control every corner of the globe. The fall of the Berlin Wall was thought to mark ‘the end…

Some thoughts on the upcoming completion of my eighth year without meat and my fifth year vegan — Veganism has come so far the paradigm has completely shifted. When my mom was plant-based well over a decade ago, it was difficult to find a vegan option; these days, they’re almost impossible to avoid. Every company is getting on board, most cynically but some for the right reasons. For…

Navigating divided, rural America and a case study in media manipulation — It had been three years. Three years since I’d stood on the shores of Lake Superior, staring at the ruler-straight, blue horizon in the distance, feet on round, smooth stones, numbing in the clear water. …

The Disinformation Board was always a horrible idea; I hate when I agree with Rand Paul — It’s only been three weeks. Three short weeks since the Department of Homeland Security announced it was launching a Disinformation Board and Nina Jackowicz would be the executive. Naturally, most sane people were horrified. The comparisons to Orwell’s Ministry of Truth were impossible not to make. Even the media response…

Many essential COVID-assistance lifelines are set to expire, and Washington DC will do nothing — In today’s hyper-divided atmosphere, it’s difficult to remember that both parties in the nation’s capital agree on a lot. For instance, feeding the twelve million children living in food insecurity isn’t a high priority on either side of the aisle — somebody tell those kids to hire a good lobbyist. …

In Congress, they talk a big game but fold every time; it’s easy to be anti-war until the war propaganda starts — It’s difficult to imagine the Democratic Party being more of a disappointment. …

One of my proudest moments as an adult ESL teacher had little to do with the English language — Teaching in-company English courses, I leave my political ideology at the door. Well, I try my best to do so. I’m there to help them polish their usually high-level abilities with some pronunciation work, grammar clean-up, and introducing new expressions, business idioms, and vocabulary. …

It’s not ‘wokeness,’ even war is just another mechanism to siphon public dollars, and our days of peaceful protest are numbered — Everybody knows it; our government is purchased. Special interest groups run the show. Lobbyists write the freaking legislation, handing the member of congress who introduces it some key talking points before it’s codified into law. Politicians spend the overwhelming majority of their time on the phone begging for money and…

He beat them in court, and the company used the justice system to lock him up — everyone should know the Steven Donziger case — Imagine if instead of a movie telling my story, I’d gone to jail. That’s essentially what has happened to Steve Donziger. — Erin Brockovich This is one of the most horrific case studies of corporate control over all of America, including the justice system. A corporation was, in effect, the…