I often enjoy sparring with my political adversaries on social media sites. It can be a fun way to pass the time while developing story ideas. I like reading and listening to the opinions of people I disagree with. I want to know their talking points. Most folks might think I’m crazy to debate right-wingers […]
Are the Bundy Ranch Supporters Terrorists?
Last week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) found themselves withdrawing from federal lands in Nevada after an ad hoc militia started setting-up snipers and threatened to kill federal employees to support anti-American rancher Cliven Bundy’s fight to keep the BLM from seizing his cattle, due to illegal grazing and $1 million in unpaid taxes […]
Radical Right-wing Incites Ranch Violence
Over the course of the last couple weeks, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s fight with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has become a cause célèbre for the radical right-wing media and militias. The Bundy Ranch dispute with goes back to 1993 when Bundy claimed he “fired the BLM” because the federal lands his cattle has […]
Food Waste in America
Today is a day for American families to sit around the table and offer thanks for our friends and families and the bounties bestowed on us. It is also a day millions of hungry Americans will find themselves at the food kitchens enjoying a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. In the evening, a few days ago a […]
Fox and Friends Lie Again
Over the last couple years I have reluctantly found myself defending President Obama and the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Just to be clear, I am not a supporter of President Obama or Obamacare. Like nearly 100 million other Americans that consider themselves Liberal or Progressive I oppose Obamacare because it doesn’t go far enough. Twenty-Seven […]
Community Keeps Pressure on D.A. Over Child Shooting
On Sunday afternoon I received a text message from Michael Rothenberg of 100 Thousand Poets for Change (100TPC), “What do you know about Andy Lopez?” I wrote back that English professor/writer Shepherd Bliss and I had written a couple of articles at Expats Post and we planned to follow the story. Andy Lopez is the […]