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Don’t Kid Yourself
Todd Hayen
So many people I read or talk to seem to think that we shrews are making inroads, primarily in...
Mission Creep: How the Police State Acclimates Us to Being Modern-Day Slaves
John & Nisha Whitehead
“In a fully developed bureaucracy there is nobody left with whom one can argue, to whom one can present...
A Father’s Day Message to Rory McIlroy
Edward Curtin
I’m easily old enough to be your father, and as I was watching and rooting for you when you...
The Death of the Shadow
Todd Hayen
Recently my sister gave me an article written in a weekly magazine that the El Convento Hotel in San...
AI and Commercial Music
Todd Hayen
Del Bigtree recently devoted a segment on his popular program, The Highwire, on the advent of AI in commercial music. Del...
Whistling in the Dark
Sylvia Shawcross
In the morning, the bobolink sings. It always heartens me—listening to the morning chorus of creatures waking up to...
And the Cancer Keeps Rolling In
Todd Hayen
Kate Middleton has cancer. The King of England has cancer. Every day we hear of more and more people...
Maybe better than we did
Sylvia Shawcross
Now, Godot the raccoon, now aptly named Myrtle-Godot arrived plump and tired and fuzzy at dawn for what would...
Asymmetric Idiocy
CJ Hopkins
I miss the 1970s sometimes. Not just the music. And the sex. And the drugs. I miss the terrorists....
The Killer Instinct
We went to Rat Island to kill, but it was not rats we were after. I was ten years...
Too Massive to Comprehend
Todd Hayen
I remember a time not too long ago when you could sort of see what was happening in the...
Wings, Prayers and Hooplas
Sylvia Shawcross
It took me a year before I finally succumbed to a phone that would accept 5G. They bugged me...
How Freedom Dies from A to Z
John & Nisha Whitehead
“As I look at America today, I am not afraid to say that I am afraid.” Former presidential advisor...
The Hidden Messages of the Power Elite’s Cultural Apparatus
Edward Curtin
To be crucified is to suffer and die slowly and agonizingly. It was a common form of execution in...
Alice in Wonderland
Todd Hayen
I used to be shocked and amazed when weird things happened in the world that seemed to be connected...
We have no piece on their piechart
Sylvia Shawcross
There is a lusty bird that sings at dusk outside my window high in the cedar tree. I’ve never...
Fighting Monsters
CJ Hopkins
So, I gave a little speech about art, and war. The Internationale Agentur für Freiheit, a Berlin art and...
Divide and Conquer: The Government’s Propaganda of Fear and Fake News
John & Nisha Whitehead
“It is the function of mass agitation to exploit all the grievances, hopes, aspirations, prejudices, fears, and ideals of...
Humanity is Messy
Todd Hayen
One thing that really annoys me is this idealistic quest for a perfect society. Whether this quest comes from...
Down with Big Brother: Warrantless Surveillance Makes a Mockery of the Constitution
John & Nisha Whitehead
“Whether he wrote DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, or whether he refrained from writing it, made no difference … The...
