My Journal

Cookie Crumbs

Desperate for Crumbs!

Thanks to globalization, automation and technology, the “top 1%” (which is rapidly shrinking to. 01%!), has working people so desperate to maintain their supposedly “middle ...
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Trump

Trump is NEVER the Truth

Given I was taught that if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all, I don’t know what to say about ...
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Soldier Saluting Flag

America’s “Ongoing Wars” and the “Military Class”

It hasn’t gotten a lot of attention lately, but in case you haven’t noticed, America’s ongoing wars (Iraq, Afghanistan, you name it, if it’s in ...
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Separated Child behind Fence

Separating Children from Their Parents

The separation of children from their parents going on at the U.S. border is a disgusting national disgrace for which we should all be ashamed.
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Black Lives Matter

What can I say about the shooting of Antwon Rose?

What can I say about the shooting of Antwon Rose, Jr. (age 17) in Pittsburgh that I didn’t say about Stephon Clark (age 22) in ...
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Melania Trump

“I Really Don’t Care, do U?”

We know that our current First Lady, Milania Trump, is no Eleanor Roosevelt and doesn’t aspire to be, but suffice to say she’s shown her ...
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Income Inequality

Trumps Tax Cuts Will Add to Income Inequality

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi got in trouble with a lot of people for saying the middle class got nothing but “crumbs” from the Trump tax ...
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Black Lives Matter

Another Unarmed Black Man Falls Victim

We now have another unarmed young black man shot and killed by the police, this time in Sacramento, the latest in the American countdown, so ...
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Carried Interest Loophole

The Carried Interest Loophole

Let’s talk about the Carried Interest Loophole.
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Fighting

“A Rich Man’s War and a Poor Man’s Fight”

There’s no question but that a lot of what’s going on today reminds me of the Cotton Kingdom, the principality of sorts that tore our ...
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Elites

Trump’s “Base” and Their “Elites”

I’m amazed at how Trump’s “base” hates their so-called “elites,” but doesn’t seem to have the slightest bit of anger or resentment for big business, ...
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Crumbs for the “Common Man”

On my website I talk a lot about the “common man” (a group which today would undoubtedly include women and should thus probably be referred ...
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