Editor’s note: This editorial was written by Joe Guzzardi. He is a Californians for Population Stabilization Senior Writing Fellow. Contact him at joeguzzardi@CAPSweb.org. From ecological, financial, and social perspectives, my native California has had a rough year, and 2018 may not be better. Ecologically, the worst disaster to hit California
Editor’s note: This essay was written by Jason Graves. He is an award-winning humor columnist from East Texas, TX. His columns have been featured in Texas Escapes magazine, The Shreveport Times, The Longview News Journal, and The Kilgore News Herald. Contact Graves at susanjase@sbcglobal.net. I’ve never been one to make
Editor’s note: This essay was written by Dick Polman. He is the National political columnist at NewsWorks/WHYY in Philadelphia , PA, (newsworks.org/polman) and a “Writer in Residence” at the University of Pennsylvania. Email him at dickpolman7@gmail.com. In honor of Donald Trump’s most towering achievement–no previous President can touch his talent
Virtually every government in the history of the world has taxed, and today’s governments continue to tax, their citizens. Someone has to pay for the roads, the schools, and the army. Every government is an expression of how a society organizes itself. They may have a king or queen, a
This editorial was written by Joe Guzzardi. Guzzardi is a Californians for Population Stabilization Senior Writing Fellow. Contact him at joeguzzardi@capsweb.org. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at Chicago’, IL’s, Cloverhill Bakery, that netted 800 illegal alien employees, can be looked at two ways. First, management at the bakery,
This article was written by Will Durst. Durst is an award-winning, Nationally acclaimed columnist, comic, and former sod farmer in New Berlin, WI. For a calendar of personal appearances, including his new one-man show, “Durst Case Scenario,” please visit willdurst.com. An avalanche of revelations concerning public figures engaging in various sexual
This article was written by Will Durst. Durst is an award-winning, Nationally acclaimed columnist, comic, and former sod farmer in New Berlin, WI. For a calendar of personal appearances, including his new one-man show, “Durst Case Scenario,” please visit willdurst.com. The initial Grand Jury indictments in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation
This article was written by Dick Polman. Polman is the National Political Columnist at NewsWorks/WHYY in Philadelphia, newsworks.org/polman, and a “Writer in Residence” at the University of Pennsylvania. Email him at dickpolman7@gmail.com. Matt Lauer will be remembered as a fallen sexual harasser, but in my mind, he’s forever immortalized as
This essay was written by Dick Polman. Forgive my frequent references to Richard Nixon. It’s just eerie how his impeachable behavior is being replicated by the current con man. As Yogi Berra reputedly said, “It’s like de©jevu all over again.” For instance: When Nixon decided to thwart the FBI’s probe
At Monday night’s September 11, 2017, Village Board meeting in Thomson, IL, Trustees voted four-to-one to adopt a resolution to support HR 676, “Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act,” introduced by Congressman John Coyners, Jr. Trustee Arthur Donart introduced the resolution at the Board’s August meeting and then moved
This essay was written by Dick Pohlman. Contact him at dickpolman7@gmail.com. Let’s stick with the story about the Dreamers–the 800,000 young immigrants Trump wants to kick out of the Country– because, we need to talk about the Democrats. You may remember the Democrats . They’re the people who need a
This essay was written by John L. Micek. Quite beyond being morally repugnant and an offense to human decency, the Trump White House’s announcement Tuesday[, Septmber 6, 2017,] that it is rescinding the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,” or DACA, is the ultimate exercise in political cynicism. By punting the
This essay was written by Dick Polman. It’s an old story, freshened anew by Hurricane Harvey. Republicans profess to hate “Big Guvmint” as a matter of principle–until catastrophe hits a red state. Suddenly, they’re fine with Federal spending and completely dump their rhetorical boilerplate about the nanny state. And hey,
This essay was written by Joe Guzzardi. Los Angeles County, the Nation’s most populated with more than 10 million residents, is in an emergency state, per Governor Jerry Brown’s declaration. The largest inferno in Los Angeles’ history has forced hundreds from their homes. Little more than two months ago in
This essay was written by Michael Reagan. Houston is trying to dry itself out and recover from the historic floods of Hurricane Harvey. It will take years and unknown billions of dollars. Unlike New Orleans in 2005 after [Hurricane] Katrina, the Country’s fourth-largest city was as prepared as any metropolis