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“Donald Trump pressed fast forward on the decline of the United States as a global leader. He managed to isolate his nation, confuse and alienate his allies, and to diminish America’s power and seed that power to China and Russia.
My heart is breaking. Republicans and those citizens who support them are replacing America with something else. This is not the country I grew up knowing … a free and democratic society. America is becoming an authoritarian state. It is
The Worst Thing that Could Happen Arthur Cody, Santa Cruz Is the worst possible? I used to think it wasn’t, but the recent exchanges between President Trump and the leaders of North Korea has shaken my confidence. I now
I hate seeing articles like the one recently written On the US Postal Service by the Associated Press that they recently distributed to news desks nationwide. It briefly mentioned that the Postal Service had to default on payments for future
Donald Trump pressed Fast Forward on the Decline of the United States as a Global Leader. He managed to isolate his nation, confuse and alienate his allies, and to diminish America’s power and seed that power to China and Russia.
Innovation for whom? Sounds good, right? Wrong. Innovation, in this case, is how to innovate more opportunities to privatize our society’s democratic functions such as roads, schools, water, and national parks to create new (innovative) business profit-making opportunities. It has
A new bronze statue was added to the median island in which the Wall Street “Bull” has been living on for decades. The bronze girl faces the Bull with her hands on her hips, in a stance of determination, with
Dear Editor “Alt-Right.” It sounds cool. Obviously, the label has been focused grouped. Let’s be clear. Please, do not fall for the rebranding of the white supremacist movement. Years ago they wore white hoods and hanged black people. Just because
Anticipated How Billionaires Would Take Over Democracy and How We Can Get It Back Santa Cruz, Calif.—In her prescient, eye-opening new book America Abandoned: The Secret Velvet Coup That Cost Us Our Democracy (pub. date 9-26-16), author and political
Losers or Killers Inauguration Day January 20, 2017 My eyes are full of tears. My heart is broken. My mind is astonished … that a man who referred to the size of his penis in a debate, bragged about