We now find ourselves in the Spring of 2022 and our World seems new, different, challenging, awesome and last but not least, expensive. It does not seem to matter that a seasoned public servant now resides in the White House. Even though executive decision making now places the nation’s interest above that of any individual’s…
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Farewell to starvation wages
Rarely in the socioeconomic evolution of the human species do we find ourselves in the middle of a transformative moment which has not been created by any political agenda or legislated policy. As Covid-19 cases steadily decline and move below sub-crisis numbers, the dearth of labor is becoming ever more apparent. There are many who…
Continue ReadingThe cancel culture club
Make no mistake about it, the religion of America is Free Market Capitalism. The first commandment of that religion is ‘Thou shalt have no other gods before the Almighty Dollar!’ At the end of the day, when forced to choose between an exclusive club membership and the love of the income stream provided by the…
Continue ReadingSelf-isolating in the rubble of a failed Republic
It certainly didn’t take much to bring down our vaunted House of Cards. Anyone with the slightest bit of foresight within the big picture has understood even before this President announced his candidacy nearly five years ago that we were all basking in the glory of a fool’s paradise. The frustrating part of this whole…
Continue ReadingIn praise of a necessary fixture
The preliminaries for the 2020 Presidential Primary race have begun and regardless of what any candidate for the Democratic nomination may be bringing to the table, the Presidential incumbent and his water carriers are standing by with appropriate colors and brushes at the ready to paint the winner as a Socialist! Uhhggg! How awful. Socialism,…
Continue ReadingOverturning the New Deal
Long game strategies, when employed with simplicity, specificity and devout dedication, are the most effective way to cause change lasting for decades. When the Labor Movement and others seeking to safeguard the rank-and-file worker and common citizen from economic calamity gained a friend in the White House, many of their ideas and demands found their…
Continue ReadingReeling under the scourge of insurance profiteering
A few years ago during a heated online exchange on a political discussion board, a rightwing Tea Party activist exuding a maximum degree of bravado made it clear to me that I along with everyone else of my ilk and even his was NOT, repeat NOT entitled to an income! I replied to the guy…
Continue ReadingWe are not OK
Life seems to have been toeing the line of the surreal for the past couple weeks while events, local and national, happen in real time and evolve over a period of days. This past week there was a candidate forum for those running for Chair of the Oklahoma Democratic Party where four of the five…
Continue ReadingBeginning benchmarks for the Trump Administration
Just to confirm reality, the sun did in fact rise in the east the day after President Trump was sworn into office. Even though the day was cool and overcast, many turned out in support of the Million Woman March in Washington, DC and around not only the nation but across the entire World. Amid…
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