Make America Great-Get Over Trump (MAG-GOT)

According to Vocabulary.com, โ€œAย maggotย is a small, wormlike fly larva.ย Maggotsย are sometimes found in garbage, compost piles, or other places where they can feed on decaying plants and organic matter.โ€ โ€œMaggotโ€ describes Trump well. Heโ€™s wormlike and feeds on decaying organic matterโ€”in this case gullible, stupid human beings whoโ€™ve drunk and continue to drink the Trump Kool-Aid. [...]

Of mayhem, maraudersโ€ฆand mosquitos

Political mayhem is ripping apart this country. Malicious marauders are threatening our lifestyles. And now, on top of everything else, come the damn mosquitos intruding on usually pleasurable activities such as taking a stroll. Last weekend, I found myself full of angst over the latest political upheaval related to the former presidentโ€™s actions, reactions, and [...]

Only thing worse than a Democrat is a Republican

Iโ€™ve stated this often. I feel both parties are entrenched in corruption and zero-sum gain thinking. Evidently, Colorado state Sen. Kevin Priolaย has come to a similar conclusion. Heโ€™s switched parties, citing dissatisfaction with continuing Republican election denier claims and support of the previous President's tripe. Notes thehill.com: โ€œColorado state Sen. Kevin Priola announced on Monday [...]

Trump-Hitler comparison is all too clear

โ€˜Fake newsโ€™ has led to widespread brainwashing, aka โ€˜hogwashingโ€™ Donald Trumpโ€™s behaviors, aspirations, activities, and utterances too often evoke comparisons to Hitler. And, in the day, a la present-day Fox News and other right-wing media, certain publishers fawned and fussed over Hitler. A sizeable portion of the American population continues to support Trump. As Hitler [...]

Yay, Kansas!

Despite deceptive Republican efforts, Kansans resoundingly reject efforts to further restrict, ban abortions Progressive roots shone brightly in Kansas votersโ€™ resounding rejection of an anti-abortion effort to severely restrict and likely ultimately ban all abortions in the state. While Kansas is currently considered a โ€œdeep redโ€ state, a history of progressive philosophy and practices came [...]

Common Sense and the new Forward Party: Revisiting Thomas Paineโ€™s iconic writings that inspired the American Revolution

Op-eds in the New York Times and Washington Post saying that the new Forward party is doomed to fail recite the same tired arguments about the futility of third parties in the United States. Following the line of thinking espoused by columnists Jamelle Bouie (โ€œWhy Andrew Yangโ€™s New Third Party Is Bound to Failโ€) and [...]