One Billion Rising for Justice: Norman Mailer
Why is there so little concern over the entitlement spending which gives billionaire Paul Allen farm subsidies and cuts off food stamps for the working poor? Why should the taxpayers […]
Tag Archives: abuse of power
Scrooge Is Alive and Well Again This Year
I love Bagley’s editorial cartoons in The Salt Lake Tribune. A huge shout-out to Sally Hayes for sharing this one on Facebook. Sadly, I’m one of the little people getting […]
Criminal “Justice” System: Justice or Criminal?
It’s not a system. It’s not about justice. It’s just criminal. – Unknown Julie Owens posted this quote on Facebook on Friday. Today seems an apt day to publish it. […]
Farewell, Dear Visitors
This is my 548th post, and it will likely be my last. I will never find a survivor story as powerful as Pat Conroy’s The Death of Santini. He captured the […]
Book Review: Dish by Jeannette Walls
Before she wrote the perennially best-selling Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls spilled the beans on other people’s dirty little secrets. She was a gossip columnist for New York magazine and MSNBC. […]
Book Review: David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
How do we beat the odds? Strategic brilliance. Accurate assessment of our opponent’s weakness and our own strengths. Move the game to a playing field where we can win. Surround […]
McCutcheon: Is Justice Alito on Drugs or Just Corrupt?
Our democracy was on the auction block yesterday at the U.S. Supreme Court. Shaun McCutcheon, an Alabama engineer, wants unfettered ability to bribe politicians. So, he sued the FEC. He believes the 1% should have the […]
John Boehner’s Right: Let’s Negotiate on Entitlements!
Lest y’all think I’ve lost my mind, I think we should start with tax breaks for billionaires who don’t pay their employees a living wage. Now, that’s an entitlement! I’d […]
Don’t Bitch to Me About ObamaCares
A person making two and a half times more than I receive on Social Security pays less per year for medical coverage under ObamaCares than I have paid since I […]
Free @ Last. I Am Free @ Last. Freedom Is a State of Mind.
It’s like he stole my soul. – Anna Quindlen, Black and Blue Yesterday was the 21st anniversary of the awful night of the guns. I was trapped and terrified. […]
Anne Caroline Drake 