Image by Levi Meir Clancy. I was talking to a journalist the other day and we were both stumped on what formal legal justification, if any, the demented fascist leader Trump – really Trump’s operatives under the direction of the top fascist strategist Stephen Miller –...
Image by The Now Time. President Trump, his cabinet, and those who have profited from his rise seem to revel in public displays of cruelty. Take former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk, holding a chainsaw at a televised event to celebrate the...
Asking for peace in front of the border wall in Brownsville, Texas. Photo: Todd Miller. L. J. was outside her house, about 10 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border in rural Arizona, when she saw five people slowly walking down her driveway, all dressed in camouflage. At...
The mainstream media are describing John Bolton as an experienced diplomat and a serious analyst. He was neither. Many members of the media are also giving the Federal Bureau of Investigation credibility as a fair-minded bureaucracy that would not raid Bolton’s...
Image by The Now Time. President Trump, his cabinet, and those who have profited from his rise seem to revel in public displays of cruelty. Take former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk, holding a chainsaw at a televised event to celebrate the...
Asking for peace in front of the border wall in Brownsville, Texas. Photo: Todd Miller. L. J. was outside her house, about 10 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border in rural Arizona, when she saw five people slowly walking down her driveway, all dressed in camouflage. At...
The mainstream media are describing John Bolton as an experienced diplomat and a serious analyst. He was neither. Many members of the media are also giving the Federal Bureau of Investigation credibility as a fair-minded bureaucracy that would not raid Bolton’s...
“Let nature do the freezing and frightening and isolating in this world. Let men work and love and fight it off.” —Jack Kerouac I woke up early this morning, like I do most mornings—especially in cities where I don’t have a mailing address. It’s not that I’m a...
In the bustling ports of Shanghai and Los Angeles, containers once stalled by trade wars now move with renewed purpose—a quiet testament to the power of dialogue. The Stockholm Joint Statement, forged in the twilight of a fragile truce, marks a hopeful turn in the...
The North Rim of the Grand Canyon forest stands are dominated by ponderosa pine, which tends to have a low-severity/high-frequency fire regime. However, occasional high-severity blazes are normal and not mutually exclusive. Photo by George Wuerthner The recent Los...
Photograph Source: Tia Dufour, White House – Public Domain In Donald Trump’s make-believe world prices are falling, the economy is booming, he is bringing peace all around the world, and gas costs less than $2.00 a gallon. But in the real-world inflation is...
Photograph Source: Mike Mozart – CC BY 2.0 I’m not going to lie: I don’t particularly like Cracker Barrel’s new branding. The popular restaurant chain recently replaced its iconic logo, featuring said barrel and the founder’s “Uncle Herschel” sitting in a rocking...