Category: Opinion

Dear Editor, GOP politicians today are like fast talking used car salesmen, or crybabies who sensationalize stories and throw tantrums waving their hands around to get their audience pumped up. They believe that by parroting hackneyed talking points, this somehow makes them attractive to GOP voters. It doesn’t, as can be seen with the case of Liz Cheney and countless other GOP politicians that have opposed Trump and his American agenda. With basic GOP parrots, we see a lack of critical thinking, a lazy work ethic, and a complete lack of awareness, as far as what Republican voters want. They…

Dear Editor, GOP politicians today are like fast talking used car salesmen, or crybabies who sensationalize stories and throw tantrums waving their hands around to get their audience pumped up. They believe that by parroting hackneyed talking points, this somehow makes them attractive to GOP voters. It doesn’t, as can be seen with the case of Liz Cheney and countless other GOP politicians that have opposed Trump and his American agenda. With basic GOP parrots, we see a lack of critical thinking, a lazy work ethic, and a complete lack of awareness, as far as what Republican voters want. They…

Dear Editor, Sanctions are a tool of economic warfare that produce unintended and undesirable consequences rather than positive results that benefit working people. Threats of war and economic warfare over the last three years have further destabilized Iran’s economy, undercut the middle class, and empowered hardliners keen to crack down on civil society pursuing more openness and democratic change. Compounded by the COVID-19 crisis, people in Iran are increasingly forced to focus on meeting basic survival needs, undermining their ability to organize, advocate for human rights, and push for political change in Iran. By delaying, the Biden administration opened up…

Dear Editor, Families across America are celebrating high school and college graduations. American young adults are now faced with going to work or pursuing more education. Employers across America are looking for workers. Colleges are looking for students. Will you spend $25,000 to $60,000 per year to go to school? Or, will you go to work and earn $25,000 to $60,000 or more?  Some of America’s graduates will find jobs working for state or federal government entities. One acquaintance went to work for her state government and retired by the time she was 46. With a full state retirement benefit…

By Jack Mint Push yourself, Harriet, there’s no tortoise in this race to beat you. Her heart beat as fast as a plucked guitar string as she gained on Fiona Fox. Fiona snapped her teeth Harriet playfully. “If I pass you later, Hare, you better watch out.” Through the flapping noise the paper number 106 made on her back, she heard Fiona shout, “Don’t fall asleep this time!” Harriet leaned more into her run across the desert as if the wind could whip those words out of her long ears. It could for a moment. The repetition of her feet…

By Jack Mint Push yourself, Harriet, there’s no tortoise in this race to beat you. Her heart beat as fast as a plucked guitar string as she gained on Fiona Fox. Fiona snapped her teeth Harriet playfully. “If I pass you later, Hare, you better watch out.” Through the flapping noise the paper number 106 made on her back, she heard Fiona shout, “Don’t fall asleep this time!” Harriet leaned more into her run across the desert as if the wind could whip those words out of her long ears. It could for a moment. The repetition of her feet…