April 1, 2022
A skillful con man leaves�no evidence. Instead each�paper trail is shredded, burned,�flushed down any convenient � toilet. Frump doesn’t need�to clean them, fix the plumbing.�Little people do that invisibly.�His past… READ MORE
December 1, 2021
The governor says, My people must�be free! No mask mandates for our�schools or businesses. Forget�vaccines. Only if you feel like it. � The governor says, My people are�free! They can… READ MORE
November 1, 2021
The West is burning�acre after acre gone to ash.�It’s so hot hundreds die:�does anyone in power care? � The East is waterlogged�and new storms come roaring�months earlier than ever:�does anyone… READ MORE
October 1, 2021
What a world we’re leaving—�I want to apologize to every�child I see. Yes, we baked it,�poisoned it, gutted it, cooked � up new diseases from tropics,�wet markets, arrogance. How�can they… READ MORE
May 1, 2021
My mother hated Stalin�but loved Trotsky. She had�no party affiliation, no friends�with whom to talk politics. � There was only me to listen.�Maybe it was because Trotsky�was Jewish. I don’t… READ MORE
April 1, 2021
I watched the insurrectionists assault�the capital with Trump flags, anti-Semitic�signs, gas masks, guns and enough�angry hatred to kill those they see � as enemies. War in the streets the man�in… READ MORE
April 1, 2021
Today for the first time in four�years, I go to the computer�without dread about what new�horror is done or pending. � Hope has felt dangerous,�remote, unlikely. I dare now�to feel… READ MORE
January 1, 2021
Somewhere a man is ranting�a man used to power and mad�with it. He is the one he loves�so how can others resist, deny � fail to carry out his sacred… READ MORE
September 1, 2020
Cruelty seems to win votes.�The shouter is heard. The whisperer�shot to silence. Words turn�to worms and wriggle in our food. � We live in times dangerous�to butterflies, polar bears and… READ MORE
June 1, 2020
Buying [we’re called consumers: what do�we really consume?] things we don’t need�with money we don’t have. Credit cards�weren’t invented for our convenience. � That’s the American Way troops are sent�to… READ MORE
