Save Social Security

Unless you have another plan to support senior citizens and 23 million disabled Americans, we need to scrap the cap. It’s the fair thing to do… unless you are a greedy narcissist. Make the wealthy pay their fair share.

The Need for Comprehensive Infrastructure and Policy Reform in the United States

Habitat for Humanity has a noble mission. House people and promote home ownership. Some are building multi-family housing now. How does that square with their mission to promote home ownership? Are we selling apartments now? I know some places do that, but it’s uncommon in most of the nation. We hear how we need to […]

The Lost Dream of a 3-Day Workweek: How Reaganomics Killed the Vision

In the first half of the 20th century, it was forecast the workweek would be shortened to 3 days before the mid-21st century. Without a loss in standard of living. Then, in 1980, Ronald Reagan became president. He ushered in the era of business before humans at all costs. Corporate profits before anything else. This […]

Monkey vs human hording

My post on Facebook. Airneil

Challenging Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Understanding of Communism and the Law

Marjorie Taylor Greene has said we are a “communist country” due to the indictment of Donald Trump. One story about this is here. The first question I have for MTG is, “What is communism?” After all, we have to agree on our definitions to have any meaningful conversation. If words are not defined the same […]

Comparing Two States: A Data Analysis of Rhode Island and Montana

Nick Powers is a creator on TikTok. He is a data nerd. He has gathered data from many sources, put all of it into a spreadsheet book, and has the ability to contrast and compare data. If you follow through to his page on TikTok, he has his sources and the collected data available for […]

Downtown Portland, Crime, Homelessness, and Empty Retail Space

Tell me you believe the crime, homeless, and drugs are the reason people “avoid” downtown. I’ll reply, “I can tell you haven’t been downtown since before the pandemic.” More here.

The Hypocrisy of Conservative Religious Beliefs: A Critique on Organized Religion and Social Welfare

It floors me when any religious person who belongs to a church that professes love for all, feed the poor, don’t treat the lepers badly because that’s me, can call themselves conservative. How do they not see the hypocrisy staring them in the face is beyond me. I figured out before I graduated from high […]

The Coming Civil War

We keep hearing about the Patriots who are ready to go to war to save the US. Make sure the liberals don ruin it. I’m not entirely sure what they mean. If by ruin it, they mean… Then I guess I’m guilty. It would be a wonderful thing to be in a country that provides […]

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