The murder of a fellow human being is not acceptable (period). Prof. Heather has a good take on what took place and want has been said. September 12, 2025 Letters from an American Since a gunman murdered right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at an outdoor event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, both social media […]
Merrill Goozner did all the work in “Where does Chicago’s murder rate rank?” Having grown up in Chicago also, I felt safe. Then to I knew where I could be and stayed out of certain areas I should not be. I (we) were careful and alert to the situation and environment around us. Where does […]
– by New Deal democrat Consumer price inflation will be reported tomorrow. In the meantime, this morning producer prices for August were reported. Normally I don’t pay too much attention to producer prices – and I won’t this month, either. But let me put that in some context. In the past, when producer prices have outstripped […]
The judges are ‘sounding the alarm’ over Supreme Court’s overuse of the shadow docket. Somebody *had* to say it. – Kathryn Rubino “In A Bold Move, Federal Judges Are Calling Out The Supreme Court’s Bullsh*t,” Above the Law There’s a pretty clear hierarchy in the federal judiciary, with the nine justices on the Supreme Court […]
Prof. Heather at “Letters . . . ” has a summation commentary covering the latest BS or faux pas by Tr__p and company. Are not people doing the grand dragon master’s bidding and dictates becoming a wee bit embarrassed by now from all of their sneaking around? That is just 4 issues focusing bacl to […]
My words of advice to anyone, do not inject yourself into anything involving the police if you can avoid it. You will go to jail. You will go to court. You will spend money. You will be stressed out even if you win. If you can without being noticed, copy conversations to report or back […]
I am traveling the next couple of days so I am limited as to what I can write. I thought Letters from and American and some words from Paul Krugman would suffice. I subscribe to both. It appears that every day going by, we can expect something else emerging from the basement of the White […]
This crap is beginning to grate on me. If it is not bothering you, then there is something wrong with your thinking. Tr__p is an elected official and not a king ruling by divine right. Tr__p is feeling pretty damn secure to imply such in public. No legitimate American wants a dictator “August 26, 2025” […]
“Lies, lies, yeah, baby, I can’t believe a word you say. Lies, lies, gonna make you sad someday.” Lies, liesSome day you’re gonna be lonely, But you won’t find me around . . . Pop song from 1966 “Lies,” Knickerbockers “Trump and Republicans are trying to distract from the pain they’re causing—from tariffs raising the […]
The one-handed economist I don’t know when this trend started, but it’s now with tiresome regularity that I hear students and adults (adults!) blame capitalism for many sins: poverty, environmental destruction, corrupt politics, the housing “crisis”, failing health/educational systems, and so on. Do the sins of one capitalist company condemn the whole system? Condemn all […]