IMPORTANT READS

ONE MAN’S OPINION-Protocols are established procedures to do some task. Some are obvious such as putting the toothpaste on the toothbrush before brushing your teeth.

SPORTS POLITICS--The coronavirus has disrupted practically every part of our lives, including the complete shutdown of every major sports league.

VIEW FROM HERE-It always gets on my nerves when religious people turn natural events such as earthquakes, floods, and infectious diseases into divine acts of mercy and judgement.

VIEW FROM HERE--There’s a short-circuit in the political convictions of some progressive-minded voters these days.

VOICES-In the midst of this terrible pandemic, three absolutely essential items must be made immediately available to all Americans: masks, testing and ventilators. 

GUEST WORDS--Whether you’re invested in the stock market or not, you’ve likely noticed that it’s been on a roller coaster lately.

GUEST WORDS--Let me speak plainly. Liz Warren ending her campaign for the Presidency is an incalculable loss for America. 

DEMOCRAT POLITICS--Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during a campaign rally at the Charleston Music Hall on February 26, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina.

OTHER WORDS-There was this moment during the State of the Union Address that I can’t stop thinking about.

VIEW FROM HERE-Today, a memorial marks the spot in Birla House, New Delhi, where Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated at 5:17 p.m. on January 30, 1948.

GUEST WORDS-Like me — take a look at the pic above — right about now, you might be asking yourself: “Is America fixable?” 

GUEST WORDS--I wake every day and watch their implosion with a combination of fascination, horror, and disbelief.

WORLD WATCH-I have long maintained that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank defies the moral principle behind the creation of the state.

WHITE HOUSE POLITICS-Attorney General William Barr’s interview the other day in which he said Trump’s constant tweeting had made his job “impossible” has gotten mixed responses in the media.

WORLD WATCH-After three years in office, one can hardly be surprised at what Trump is capable of saying, doing, or scheming.

GUEST WORDS--My Spotify workout playlist is a time warp. Growing up in a blue-collar neighborhood of New York City in the 1990s and early 2000s, listening to popular East Coast hip-hop was practically required.

2020 ELECTION-For decades, Republicans have painted anyone left of Barry Goldwater as a “socialist.” Why? Because for a generation raised on the Cold War, “socialist” just seemed like a damaging label. 

POLITICS--When I look at America, when my friends from around the world look at America, we see the same thing. It makes us drop our jaws and shake our heads. How can a society be so deep in denial?

SPECIAL REPORT--Copies of President Trump's FY2021 budget are shown after being delivered to the House Budget Committee on February 10, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

VIEW FROM HERE-Due to massive incompetence and a catastrophic smart phone app glitch, as of this writing on Friday, February 7, there is still not a definitive winner from the Iowa caucuses. (With 99% reporting, Bernie Sanders is at 26.1% with 12 delegates and Buttigieg is at 26.2% with 13 delegates.)

EASTSIDER--Talk about pushback from the Iowa caucus. My goodness, the ever so supercilious wringing of hands of the same corporate media like CNN and NBC who brought us the debacle of the Democratic debates even as they & the DNC screwed the pooch in debate format, debate questions, and insipid commentary.