Without change we are stagnant — Sometimes I think many longer term writers here lose track of just how experimental this platform is and expect it to act like mature software. It’s not. In fact, it is still a radical thing if you’ve been writing for a long time. There was never a place where you…

Dems need to get back to the basics: grassroots organizing — The vote this week against a state law banning abortion in Kansas offers a serious lesson to Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans. First these ultra-conservative court decisions are extremely unpopular across party lines. …

It is starting to look like a smoking gun — Everything about this stinks to high heaven, including the constantly shifting excuses that create a bewildering timeline of why and when. And everyday it seems the scandal is expanding. And scandal is not too harsh a word. First it was the Secret Service and oddly, the ‘disappearance’ happened to cover…

Business ideas run into reality — Ideas are a beautiful thing, especially when they are new, shiny, and untested. But they are also a dime a dozen. Working with idea stage startups can be an exercise in frustration as would be founders are blinded by the beauty of their idea and then crushed when it turns…

It’s simple: be Exxon Mobil during an energy crisis — *Thanks to Heather Cox Richardson for that calculation While the Republicans blame Joe Biden for the huge leap in gas prices, a simple fact tells the real story. It’s called price gouging and the big oil companies are guilty of it. And they don’t care, thank you. They didn’t just…

He was at a golf course in New Jersey and he was scary — Donald Trump is hosting a golf tournament for the Saudi-funded LIV league this weekend and he is getting severe criticism from the families of 9/11 victims, deserved criticism. …

The Meta social thing is on the rocks — Hey, I get escapism. The actual world is a pretty rocky place right now, with wars, pandemics, climate, and politicians who appear to be actually insane. So, our best option is to revert to a made-up universe created by a mega corporation for profit? Facebook’s conversion to Meta stinks of…

It defies logic to alienate huge blocks of voter — Didn’t they see all this coming, or are they completely blinded by their arrogance? This week the Republicans in the Senate defeated a bill to protect Veterans exposed to toxins in war zones, a bill they had passed in an earlier version by a huge majority. They did this incredibly…

They are at each other’s throats — This all has entertainment potential. There’s a storm brewing in the Republican Party and it has nothing to do with Democrats, libtards, or most of us. …