An Open Letter to the American People, the Congress, and the Legislatures of the Several States I did not want to write this letter. It is not as if I do not have enough to do -work, writing two books, finishing a graduate degree, dealing with a chronic illness, and…

Staring Down Ten Years of GOP Rule Let’s not mince words: the Republicans are going to take back control of the House in 2022. Furthermore, they’re going to maintain that control until at least 2032. This is a foregone conclusion that has nothing to do with the electorate or what…

Are you a woman in America with a chronic illness? Do you want to get appropriate medical care to diagnose and properly treat it? Follow these 10 simple tips and you too can get adequate healthcare! 1.) Have decent health insurance. Or at least SOME health insurance. If you don’t…

Smallpox. If the word doesn’t conjure up fear, it should. Of all the diseases known in the history of man, this is one of the worst, if not THE worst. It’s one of the few diseases without any known animal host; it seems to just affect humans. This terror originated…

Covid has changed a lot about the economy and completely turned some things upside down, such as vehicle shopping. I’m sure you’ve heard the old adage: it’s always cheaper to buy a used car than a new car. It’s true, or at least it was, but not so much anymore. …

One of the last novels written by the late, great Andre Norton, Queen of Science Fiction and Fantasy, was an alternate fantasy history novel called Empire of the Eagle. …

Kabul has fallen. The Graveyard has claimed another victim. America is not the first Empire to break its back on the spiny terrain of Central Asia, and I very much doubt it will be the last. I’m sure you have seen the memes by now; imperial hubris has fallen on…

Children’s Medicaid is the closest thing we have to universal healthcare in this country, at least in some states. Let me explain. Kids can be on Medicaid for a number of different reasons -parental income, disability, severe illness, foster care status, etc. Despite the pretensions the U.S. harbors to the…

111. 115. 112. 114. The numbers dance across my computer screen, projection and reality for a region that has never before been this hot. A region known for cool summers where most don’t have air conditioning. A region already in a drought unlike any seen for several centuries. …