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Talk is Cheap: We Will Never Defeat Russia If We're Buying Their Oil
THE DOCTOR IS IN - Vladimir Putin? Not a fan. Xi of China? Not a fan. Kim of North Korea? Not a fan.
Truckers, Tractors, And Ukraine: What Do They Tell Us About Democracy?
TRUCKER PROTEST - Amidst pictures of the new war in Ukraine, the U.S. is anticipating photos of truck convoys arriving in the Washington D.C. area, protesting many issues including vaccine mandates.
Am I In Heaven Or Just Flying Out Of Palm Springs Airport?
AIR TRAVEL - If you’re heading to heaven, you really should fly out of Palm Springs.
Vote To Reduce Plastics and Clean Up Our Environment
GUEST COMMENTARY - I still remember the poster on the wall at Bell Gardens Intermediate School back in 1987: “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.”
There Are Two Types Of Men. There’s Ukrainian President Zelensky & Then There’s Ted Cruz.
GUEST COMMENTARY - Photos of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) are circulating online as a side-by-side profile in courage.
The Persistence of the Racist Police State
GUEST COMMENTARY - I almost never cease to be stunned by the white racist violence of the U.S.-American criminal justice system.
What the US Does Not Understand About Russia
COMMENTARY - War has begun in Ukraine and where it heads next is uncertain.
Russia At War
RUSSIA WAR ANALYSIS - Despite the impressive TikTok feeds showing the Russian phalanx heading in formations across the Ukrainian frontier and the missile extravaganza across the country,
Creating Peace Means Changing The World
COMMENTARY - Only threat, pain and inflicted hell preserve peace, right?
Big Oil Is Trying to Profit from the War in Ukraine
WINDS OF WAR - Putin’s tanks had barely crossed the border into Ukraine before the American Petroleum Institute (API) was out on Twitter attempting to exploit the crisis.
Not Your Champion
OPINION - Dear America: Donald Trump is no more your savior than Hitler was Germany’s savior. Regain your consciousness.
Can We Have a Do Over for 2022?
MY THOUGHTS - This was not the article I was planning for this week’s column.
Why Gerrymandering Could Get Way Worse
POLITICS WATCH - Republicans are gerrymandering themselves into entrenched minority power, unless we stop them now.
Micro-Aggression v Bullying
COMMENTARY - A few months ago, I was accused of micro-aggression because I refused to post my pronouns in a zoom meeting.
Who’s Behind the People’s Convoy to Washington DC?
AGAINST MANDATES - Thousands of truckers are being hijacked by anti-vax loonies and encouraged to parade through red state America in search of any remaining Covid-19 restrictions to protest.
Putin’s Advance Into Ukraine Compares with Saddam Hussein’s Invasion of Kuwait…a Disaster for Russia
MILITARY AGGRESSION - On 2 August 1990, Saddam Hussein ordered the Iraqi army to invade and occupy Kuwait in an operation that led to Iraq’s defeat in war,
GOP Attacks on Voting Already Impacting 2022 Primaries
VOTING RIGHTS - The attacks on our democracy are moving into the 2022 primary elections.
It's Presidents Day...And We Hate Them...And They've Earned Our Hatred
The Doctor is IN: As the physical, mental, economic, and certainly emotional health of each and every one of you reading this goes down, welcome to a Presidents' Day that draws us to the question of what happened to the man in the White House being a leader we can look up to.
Erasure or Remembrance? — Japanese Internment 80 Years Later
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE - Feb. 19 marks the 80th anniversary of when Terminal Island’s residents became the first Japanese Americans on the West Coast to be forcibly removed from their homes.