IF ONLY . . . 2022!
While looking forward to a new year, I remembered a poem called Ojalá by the late Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano. The Spanish word "ojalá" means "if only." I feel lucky to have attended a lecture…
NO EXCUSES. Especially for “trifecta” states!
Florence Nightingale, social reformer, statistician (!), and the founder of modern nursing, said, "I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse." Her "no excuses" policy seems like a great lesson…
GO GREEN — IN RHYME THIS TIME!
Billions of people want to "Go Green."The confusion is, just what does that mean? What can we do? It's not hard to deduce:we can reuse and recycle but the key is REDUCE! We’ve heard from…
United States OUT of Nicaragua — United People…
A well-known slogan from Latin America is "El pueblo unido jamás será vencido," which translates to, "The people united will never be defeated." Unfortunately, some people have way too much concentrated wealth and power, and…
Does Uncle Sam have any money?
"How will we pay for it?" That is their question. This past month, I recommended The Deficit Myth, Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy, by Stephanie Kelton (2020), in my "Great…
Great Reads for Our Times – with a…
Please consider reading The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton! It’s enjoyable and eye-opening. Have you ever wondered exactly why the US federal government supposedly has huge, terrible deficits, so they cannot fund healthcare, education and…
The Personal, the Political, and “US Out!”
The Personal My blogs are almost always purely political, but this one is a little more personal. My Facebook page is also mostly political, but the post that got more likes and comments than any…
Daniel Ortega, good before, but not now? Really??
This article about Daniel Ortega reverses the typical order, it starts with the question of "What can we do?" and ends with a bit of history, Nicaragua’s and mine. As you read, if you find…
Seven Tips: How to Tell when it’s a…
Even when we're being lied to by almost every available source across the media and political spectrum, we can still become better lie detectors. This piece focuses on Latin America, and so a good question is, "Why…
Ten Things for US to Understand about Latin…
Hello everyone! I love my country — the US land and people — but it could be a lot better. And it will be, when we dump our sense of US supremacy! I just returned…