Up In Smoke Does it ever feel like the end of the world is upon us? For the folks in California and other parts of Western North America, it sure must these days. As they look out their windows at skies of apocalyptic orange, like they were somehow caught in the midst of a B-rate […]
I Double Dog Dare You, Republicans I miss you already, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I really do. This past Friday we lost a true legend- a champion of women’s rights and an advocate for the disenfranchised. And even though she was a diminutive Jewish woman who had spent the past twenty-seven years as a Supreme Court […]
A Life and Death Betrayal of the American Public I’ll be honest with you, I always try to be at least a week ahead on writing TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less. It’s probably the only thing that keeps me sane. Ok, my sanity might be debatable at best, but writing the column in advance […]
Is the Economic Bubble About to Pop? On Tuesday, August 18th, the S&P 500, a key index of the American economy, hit it’s first all-time high since February 19th. That means this year’s bear market was officially the shortest in history. All this is true despite the fact that the number of Americans seeking jobless […]
A Summer Well Spent Wow, 2020 sure has been one hell of a shitshow, hasn’t it? Global epidemic, racial protests sparked by gross injustice, a Trump presidency- it hasn’t been easy, folks. But perhaps it hasn’t been all bad either. Sure, we couldn’t get on an airplane to jet off to some exotic, far-away destination […]
