Ever since the financial crash of 2008, rents have risen significantly, and young home buyers have had great difficulty getting an affordable starter home. We all know that millions of homes were lost in the crash, and initially, the media was quick to blame people...
Okay, so you probably already know that “the legal system” is not always a “ justice system.” A real justice system would consistently ensure that that people are held accountable for harms they do to others. That goes for corporations, too. But our...
“It’s a free country.” Most of us heard this growing up, but few of us understood the First Amendment, and its generosity toward outright inflammatory lying. Whatever the merits of “America’s Mayor,” Rudy Giuliani, he has done our democracy and electoral...
The Grand Old Party and the Senate Majority Leader position themselves as great patriots, defenders of “freedom” and “the American Way.” Certainly President Trump has (literally) wrapped his arms around the flag in ways that his followers adore, for Republicans...
Ashvegas is a moniker that residents of Asheville N.C. have used for several years. I’m not sure why, or why “North Cackalacky” is a long-standing nickname for the Old North State. https://www.wfdd.org/story/carolina-curious-who-put-cackalacky-north-carolina I was a...
