I have heard or read a constant parade of how bad the economy was during Biden’s term in office. Yep, we did have inflation. It would have been great if we did not experience such. It was not in the cards this go around. Many other countries experienced similar. Politicians love to play the inflation […]

I grew up in East Tennessee and graduated from UT-Knoxville in 1977. I recall the episode of the Snail Darter and the Tellico Dam project. The Darter was considered an endangered species at the time, and a lawsuit to protect it held up dam construction for awhile. In the event, the Darter was relocated and […]

With this commentary, we are discussing October/November 2024.The widespread belief was Biden’s Economy and it its progress over the last two years was weak. That is just false and yet the news media and Republicans made such claims and many people followed suit in belief. Yes we did have inflation, we did have supply chain […]

Meanwhile while Musk and Ramaswamy are calling the American public names and demeaning their work ethic. House Republican Mikie Johnson runs into a wall due to stupid remarks . Calling Joe Biden a disgrace did not go over big. He was hit with pushback from all sides. No surprise here . . . Democrat influencer Harry […]

When is enough, enough??? Clarence Thomas self-indulgence in gift giving is ignored claiming ignorance of such practices. A while back, a long while . . . I was given an invitation to the Chicago Bears holiday get together (called a dinner and a party) by Gale Sayers. The only problem with this being, I was […]

What the Science of Predators and Prey Tells Us About the Morbidly Rich and Working People, Tom Hartmann, The Hartman Report Nature and economics share some fascinating patterns, one of which explains why Donald Trump is about to become president and how the morbidly rich have appropriated over $50 trillion from working class people since the 1980s. […]

Why Net Neutrality? “Former FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel had called net neutrality “a necessity for daily life.” She said Thursday that Americans still want “fast, open, and fair” internet service and called on Congress to take action. The decision does not affect state laws in California, Colorado and Washington. Neutrality refers to the idea that internet […]

Greed Is Immoral. Health Care Greed Is Abominable. – by Jim Hightower Creators.com America has endured a long panorama of corporate greed — from the East India Trading Company to the Robber Barons, Gordon Gecko Wall Streeters to Elon Musk. But down at the bottom of raw greediness today, you’ll find the insatiable profiteers of […]

Yale Professor Timothy Snyder is an expert on the history of Eastern Europe, especially the histories of Nazi Germany, Stalinist Russia and World War II. He has become a public intellectual with the publication of his books “On Tyranny” and “On Freedom.” Snyder has been sounding warnings about the second Trump Administration, not only for […]

Fury at Private Power Giants as Puerto Rico Suffers New Year’s Eve Blackout, Common Dreams The latest failure of the Puerto Rico privatized power grid on Tuesday plunged much of the island into a blackout on New Year’s Eve, sparking fresh anger toward the system’s for-profit operators and political leaders who sold off the U.S. territory’s public […]