Woostachat. Bill Belichick is a Trump enabler. I know that sounds harsh, given the high praise he is getting for dropping Trump’s Presidential Medal of…
TELL THE PEOPLE THE TRUTH
The sight of Trump loyalists storming the U.S. Capitol might have been shocking but their intention—to enforce white supremacy and deny black people political power–was…
PEOPLE ARE NOT CORPORATIONS TOO
Sherry Stanley’s fight to save her home “It’s a nightmare…” Sherry Stanley Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential nominee, once reminded us that…
OF WARS, TADPOLES AND PAPER WASPS
A paper wasp nest at Greenhill Park. Photo by Marie Roger-Wright. The Retreat I sat and watched a man Wednesday search the fallen soldiers’ names…
A CHANCE TO BEGIN AGAIN
Trump had to go if there was a sliver of a chance to save our democracy. He is gone, thanks not to congress or the…
THE EMBOLDEN BLUE LINE
With only one voting day remaining, the most consequential election in our lifetime is unnervingly encased in a cocoon of uncertainty and fear. In times…
EMERSON’S “WALKING MONSTERS”
The “state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from the trunk, and strut about so many walking monsters — a…
IN DEFENSE OF KIARA DUDLEY
The story of the 73-old veteran, George Griffin of Douglas, who was allegedly assaulted by a Biden supporter for carrying a Trump campaign sign, made laugh and…
THE AGE OF FOOLISHNESS
UNDECIDED VOTERS What would you say to a pedestrian unsure whether the safest route across a busy freeway is to challenge the 65+ miles per…