The Secretary General of the UN visits Turkey, and speaks with Erdogan. No public comment. The Secretary General of the UN visits Moscow and offers to establish humanitarian aide in Ukraine and evacuate Mariupol. We know because he tells … [Read more...]
Maybe they should run it on Netflix?
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...]
On grievance politics
Wakefield's recent Town Election marked my 62nd year anniversary as a progressive activist / organizer and saw all six of my pro bono candidate clients for Council / School Committee cruise to victory over their more conservative … [Read more...]
A Madeleine Albright Tree
I planted this Yoshino Japanese Cherry quietly in honor of Thomas Jefferson and democracy 15 years ago. It never bloomed. This week, the week of Madeleine Albright’s memorial service, at a time that democracy appears to be waking to … [Read more...]
We Are Never Powerless
I pulled over my car and deleted my Twitter account the moment Elon Musk purchased it. If ten million people simply took this basic step, they would be expressing their collective power. *** On Facebook, I posted a picture of … [Read more...]
Biden is Approaching Carter Territory
These approval numbers from Morning Consult are historically terrible and show Biden above water in roughly the same patch of territory Carter and Dukakis managed to win in 80’ and 88’ respectively. I suspect Biden could clawback support … [Read more...]
Time for Biden to Roll the Dice on Cancelling Student Debt?
Pelosi tweet exposes Puke myth
If Republicans were 'good on the economy,' the last 3 Democratic Presidents that followed one wouldn't have had to: * Drag us out of recession -- Clinton * Enact emergency Recovery aid -- … [Read more...]
Mr Franklin’s Folks
Preface: I originally wrote this a couple of decades ago, based upon my experiences working with a traveling energy show in the 1970s and 1980s and my own experiments with public displays of renewable energy at farmers’ markets … [Read more...]
How soon we forget….
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...]