Another World Is Possible
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 infrastructure, and then suddenly the US finds enough money to bail out Wall Street banks, wage wars and foreign interference, […]
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 yourself asking, “Really?” please consider checking some of the many links. WHAT CAN WE DO? (1) RENACER Act in Congress […]
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 is Latin America important?” The reasons are that we do care about how the US treats other people, and we need hope that things […]
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 from two-weeks in Nicaragua. When I received the email announcement about this political delegation, which was coordinated by Friends of ATC and Sanctions […]
The US is moving away, deliberately or not, from our overrated position of being the strongest imperial super-power — both militarily and economically — that the world has ever known. I say “overrated” because being an empire has not done a good job of generating real happiness, health, justice, and safety. If we want better […]