The flash flood of July 4 along the Guadelupe River in Texas has claimed at least 119 lives. As of July 9th, 2025, another 160 people are still missing. In our highly partisan politician environment, it didn’t take long for the blame game to begin. But the...
That Big Beautiful Bill that Just Passed? Well it is a big one, but . . . .what beauty is there in running up huge fiscal deficits, putting U.S. government’s creditworthiness at risk, all to give billionaires more tax breaks and cutting back health and food benefits...
In hearing Tom Holman interviewed the other day, I was struck by his passion for “enforcing the law.” He was being interviewed by Natalie Kitroeff for the NY Times Daily Podcast on June 16th, 2025, as the federal troops were still in L.A. at Donald Trump’s orders....
85,000 citizens of El Salvador have been imprisoned, most of them without fair trials. In a May 20 broadcast of The World (from PRX), Marco Werman interviews Noah Bullock, executive director of Cristosal, the Salvadoran human rights group. Werman and Bullock talk...
Maybe you haven’t noticed? Sure, it makes sense to not watch the train wreck that is Trump 2.0 and the “DOGE boys” like “Big Balls.” Trump has “succeeded” in surrounding himself with sucking-up sycophants, people who try to outdo each other in flattering Mad...
