As we get the drip, drip, drip, news of the various goings on between the Republicans, Oath Keepers, Fox News, Proud Boys, and Trump Family on and around January 6th, I'm getting the eerie feeling that when the eight hearings are held in … [Read more...]

April 2020, two years ago. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had brokered a deal with top crude producers Russia and Saudi Arabia to cut output and arrest an oil price rout amid the global coronavirus pandemic, though … [Read more...]

Would trans athletes be as much of a headline if there was not so much money involved in sports? Would there be as much cheating with steroids and other illegal substances in Baseball, the Olympics, Cycling, Track, and so on if there was … [Read more...]

Republicans believe in States Rights, The Bible, Conservatism, The Constitution, and Science only when it supports the two remaining planks of their platform: Adherence to Winner Take All Capitalism. Domination of … [Read more...]

I received an Email from the News Desk at WBUR. "Baker’s administration announced a new grant program Wednesday to give employers $4,000 per new hire to cover either training costs or signing bonuses for the new employees." The … [Read more...]

There is much talk about using federal tax dollars to pay off certain debts acquired by adults who took out loans in order to pay for education credentials offered by colleges. These credentials were assumed to be beneficial in increasing … [Read more...]

There's 60% more active oil sites under Biden than in Trump's last year. The USA remains the top oil producing nation in the world. The Keystone Pipeline is simply a transportation system.  It does not produce oil.  Canada remains the … [Read more...]

Today/Suffolk University poll: More than half of respondents (51%) believed the US was in a recession or depression. This comes as GDP grew by 5.7% last year, more than 6mln jobs were added and unemployment is only at 4%. … [Read more...]

White male voters without a college degree overwhelmingly supported Trump in 2020, with polls showing the Republicans taking that voter group by a 70% to 28% margin. But YouGov's poll found that half of that group see Trump in a favorable … [Read more...]

I was laid off from my office job in 2016 at the age of 61.  Needing to bridge the gap before retirement, I took a job at a supermarket at one third the wages of my previous employer.  This was pre-pandemic.  I saw how hard my co-workers … [Read more...]