The government’s first $500+ billion Covid paycheck protection program, aimed at small businesses, was terribly abused (https://www.seattletimes.com/business/more-than-half-of-emergency-small-business-funds-went-to-larger-businesses-new-data-show/). More than half the money went to large business, such as restaurant chains,…
Most of us ignore the homeless and most of them are suffering. Covid has made it worse. Half a million people in the US are homeless today. Here are their…
The integrity, perseverance, and success of the 2020 state-run national election is testimony to where the true strength of our democracy lies – in the states. For that reason, and…
Two forces drive a need to transition off fossil fuels – climate change and depletable resources. Deniers and politicians (often the same thing) want to kick the can down the…
The 2016 campaign promise to “drain the swamp” struck a chord among many who were fed up with mediocrity and undesirables. We were promised it would be replaced with the…
Widespread protests this summer triggered by repeated, unjustified (7 shots in the back is hard to justify) police shootings of black people sends a clear message that racial injustice…
History will reflect on the 2020 pandemic and offer opinions because that’s just what it does, but more important, we must learn lessons from our experience to improve our response…
American democracy is being degraded by voter distortion. The latest issue relates to the US Postal Service cutbacks in service, which could threaten the mail-in voting efficacy of the presidential…
Science is coming to the conclusion that just reducing carbon emissions will not be enough to avoid climate change. We will also need to scrub carbon dioxide from the atmosphere…
In order to maximize the US President’s attention to governing the country, politicking for reelection should be taken out of the equation. All presidents do this to some extent, but…