Joe Manchin illustrates that the real division in American politics is no longer left versus right, conservative versus liberal, even Democrat versus Republican. The real division is democracy versus the moneyed interests.   It's…

And Read The Fine Print   A priest offered a Nun a lift. She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg. The priest nearly had an accident. After…

Health Advocates Sue to Force FDA Decision on Petitions to Ban Phthalates in Food ~ While FDA delays, children and adults consume dangerous levels of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in foods. Health advocates represented by Earthjustice…

Wipe It. Wipe It Clean. King Henry VIII of England had servants who were called “Grooms of Stool” whose job it was to wipe his butt after he took a dump. During his reign,…

Yes, right now the planet appears to be rotating off its axis. Good-Bad, Right-Wrong, Up-Down; All seem to have become a case of mistaken identity. But some truths will never get sucked into the…

Choices. Always Choices   Yes, this year Black Friday will be different than last, and much different than years past. But our choices remain the same. The music and images reveal to us our…

The First Circle Our families are the beginning, the first Circle in our lives. This Circle is to be defended with our love, our honour, our integrity, our devotion, our time, our resources, and…

On Monday, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) published results of a study that finds the United States of America is a “backsliding” democracy. “The visible deterioration of democracy in the…

“This year we coded the United States as backsliding for the first time, but our data suggest that the backsliding episode began at least in 2019” No American – woke or unwoke, engaged or…

'Blatant Partisan Power Grab': Wisconsin GOP Attempts to Seize Control of State's Elections   “They're not dismantling democracy in secret. They're doing it right out in the open”   Wisconsin Republicans, at the urging…

Governing, Or At Least Trying To, Versus Fear And Loathing Led by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Democrats passed President Joe Biden's landmark $.17 billion Build Back Better bill. The…

Legacies, Reelections, And, Oh Yeah, The American People The infrastructure bill was signed on Monday. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Friday will score the $1.85 billion Build Back Better Act. The 'score' is…