Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease is presently raging anew because corporate-serving public officials rushed to “open the economy,” causing more infections and deaths. So, gosh, what to do n... Read more...

Once again, my state of Texas is saddled with a Republican gubernatorial goober. Greg Abbott is this guy's name, and he's another incompetent, right-wing ideologue whose botched handling of our state's COVID-19... Read more...

Everyone should wear a protective medical mask – but some ought to be in ski masks, like those favored by bank robbers and muggers. Zach Fuentes for example, a former deputy chief of staff for Donald Trump. ... Read more...

The chief cultural emblem of our times is this: Wearing a mask. Or not. These low-tech, high-impact, low-cost coverings are so simple and effective at helping reduce the COVID-19 infection rate that our top ... Read more...

The mass these protests against systemic racism are driving Donald Trump plumb crazy! Of course, that's a pretty short drive for him. He would be hilarious if his buffoonery was not so dangerous and destruct... Read more...

Viewing the video of George Floyd's gruesome murder, one word from him stuck in my head, one painful human utterance that conveys the horror of it all: "Momma," Mr. Floyd cried out in desperation and disbelief ... Read more...

Times of great adversity not only bring out the best and worst in society, but they also flush out some of the stinkiest and slimiest creatures. Think of war profiteers... or hucksters who prey on poor hurrican... Read more...

Charles Dickens, writing about the inequality and social turmoil leading to the French Revolution, noted that "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." So it is today, with the horrific COVID-19... Read more...

There's a general sentiment today that multimillionaire corporate chieftains are pigs. But I think that's unfair. To pigs. Those oinkers are remarkably intelligent animals with a sense of social responsibility ... Read more...

Monty Bennett was just another faceless right-wing millionaire on the long list of high-dollar donors to Donald Trump – until he suddenly surfaced in April as the nation's biggest bagger of government cash in t... Read more...

Here's how I feel about the value of our nation's postal service: "The humble Post Office is a community fixture, a civic inheritance, a rural lifeline, and one of the last vestiges of a shared civic culture in... Read more...

One thing we've learned for sure this year is that no national crisis is too awful to keep Trump & Company from exploiting it for their plutocratic political purposes. COVID-19 is a God-Awful crisis, but... Read more...

As horrible as the COVID-19 crisis is, it has brought out the best in the American people – the selflessness of front-line nurses and doctors, for example, as well as the generous community spirit of local food... Read more...

In this horrible time of economic collapse, it is truly touching to see so many corporate chieftains reaching out in solidarity with the hard-hit working class. We know they're doing this because they keep t... Read more...