(Above Photo: Jeanette Vizguerra is forced underground—hiding in a Denver, Colorado—church to escape Trump's ICE in a desperate attempt to remain with her family. She has lived in the US since 1997 with her four American children.) “Come on, come...
You'll remember from my article, “Has Anyone Here Seen My Old Friend”, that prior to launching this platform, I avoided social media like some dark age plague.  Not because I didn't see the benefit in it—I always did. It’s...
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”—Matthew 7:15 Donald Trump’s followers act and look like they are under the influence of some mystic guru’s bag of magical hallucinogenic goodies. They...
I just voted via mail. For the first time ever, I voted in a partisan manner: Democrat; Female; non-European (aka non-white) descent. I figured that white men have failed spectacularly—and that their time is up. Time to let the...
When I was a child, an elderly shop owner taught me a lesson on the power of words. He said to me, “Opinions are like assholes. Everybody’s got one.” I don’t remember what I’d asked Art, the gentleman in question,...
Drawing dead is a poker term that applies to many of life’s situations. It means that no matter how the remaining cards fall, you are unable to win the hand. You’re unable to come out on top. You’re unable...
It sure seems that way to me. It seems that we did not learn—nor retain—a thing from all the pain, shame, infighting, and strife that lasted three days shy of four years. You must be thinking, “What 1,459 days?” But...
Donald Trump (the 45th) has all rational Americans feeling like porcupines in a balloon factory. No matter which way we turn, there are ominous orbs. There’s danger. There are explosions and bad vibrations coming from every direction—there’s a relentless...
Back around 445 BC, when the prophet Malachi wrote down a devilish vision he had had, probably with the aid of some ancient type of psilocybin experimentation or consumption of undercooked pork, he must have foreseen the rise of...

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