Part 1. 2015 In 1997 I moved from western Massachusetts to Maine. Several people asked me, “Are you going to get a gun?” I laughed. I thought this was an odd question. […]
Societal insanity v. a safer world
Just Asking
Dear Mr. Trump, Even China cannot compete Against a global economy. They must isolate nations, Hence Brexit, Hence the Philippino position So hostile to Obama and the TPP. Duterte is your first […]
Harry Potter and the Racist Subtext
“We know your hearts are good, but even with good hearts you have done a bad thing.” – Leo Quetawke, Head Councilman in charge of law and order for the Zuni people Cultural […]
The Resistance will not be intimidated.
Teddy Roosevelt vs Ammon Bundy: why white thugs should be treated with respect by police
The “Arson Rebellion”: justice and due process matters whether you’re rural and white or urban and black Let me tell you a story about Teddy Roosevelt. As a young man, he lived in […]
Refugees: an American fail
We have accepted more than 100,000 Somali refugees since 1991. In the last 25 years, 50 of them have become terrorists. That’s 0.05%, which is good, but not good enough for us. […]
Ted Cruz hacks Facebook
Driving home from visiting my grandmother, I encountered an advertisement on 96.3 WROV for a website called FriendsWhoLikeDonaldTrump.com. This is how the Ted Cruz campaign is harvesting data including name, birth date, location, and […]
Help me Governor McCrory, you’re my only hope
The Syrian refugees who are currently undergoing a two year vetting process had nothing to do with the attacks in Paris. They are the Albert Einsteins trying to get out of Nazi […]
The EDWINS Project: a model from Cleveland for reentry
A couple of weeks ago I got to tour a new residential project that is taking shape a few blocks from where I live. It’s not a new a development or a […]
Ben Carson’s magical thinking on the Holocaust
In yet another bit of stunning historical revisionism, GOP Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson claimed in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that the Holocaust may not have happened if Europe’s Jews […]
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