Big Oil’s Beautiful Bribe

Big Oil’s Beautiful Bribe

During the 2024 Presidential campaign, Trump met with about two dozen oil executives at Mar-A-Lago.  He said, if you give my campaign a billion dollars, I’ll end Biden’s “war on oil.” Collectively, they gave nearly $220 billion, most of it to Trump and various...
The “Four F Club” Rides Again

The “Four F Club” Rides Again

In 7th grade a classmate came up to me at recess on the playground, puffed out his chest, and proudly announced, “I’m in the Four F Club.” I had heard of the 4H club (Head, Heart, Hands, and Health), though it was not prominent in my suburban commuter town. I bit....
The Domination Game

The Domination Game

If a 5,000 year plus social construct keeps us bound to hierarchy and domination, are we really as “brave and free” as we like to think?  It seems like humanity may be stuck with an ancient trope: the domination game. That game has many names, and we now see it...
A Slush Fund for True Patriots?

A Slush Fund for True Patriots?

We live in such strange times, no? Our President sues the very government that we elected him to run because someone in the IRS during his first term leaked some of his tax information.  Now the “case” is “settled,” according to Acting Attorney General Todd...
When Lies Become the Gospel

When Lies Become the Gospel

Recent polls indicate that a majority of Republican voters continue to believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump. If Goebbels is right and the truth is a lie that is repeated a thousand times –– and this lie has been repeated thousands of...