Glynn Wilson

Letter to the Editor of the New York Times: Shut Up James Carville

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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Why is the New York Times still running political advice from James Carville? In another inane column for July 21, Carville’s advice again is for Democrats to remain on the sidelines on the Epstein story and everything else and wait around for Trump to…

Roll Over Ed Murrow: Make Way for Fox News Two on CBS

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___ If you support truth in reporting with no paywall, and fearless writing with no popup ads or sponsored content, consider making a contribution today with GoFundMe or Patreon or PayPal. The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Roll over Beethoven. Tell Tchaikovsky the news. Roll over Ed Murrow. Tell Walter…

Where Trump Belongs in Dante’s Hell

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___ If you support truth in reporting with no paywall, and fearless writing with no popup ads or sponsored content, consider making a contribution today with GoFundMe or Patreon or PayPal. The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Just for the fun of it on Sunday morning, rather than watching or…

The Days When America Screwed Up and Went to Hell

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___ If you support truth in reporting with no paywall, and fearless writing with no popup ads or sponsored content, consider making a contribution today with GoFundMe or Patreon or PayPal. The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – It could be the after effects of the Benadryl, or the simmering summer…

How Did the World Get So Fucked Up?

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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – How did the world get so fucked up? Related question: How did humans become so stupid? I hate to be the one to wax nostalgic about the great past. Resisting that sentimentality has defined my existence. Until now. Not that I want to write…

Frederick Douglass and Me On the U.S. Fourth of July

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“O! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation’s ear, I would, to-day, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and…

Historically, America Has Killed Fascists

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By Jon Hochschartner – There isn’t a lot Americans agree on. However, up until very recently, there was a broad consensus, among representatives from the socialist left to the neoconservative right, that the United States’ effort to halt the spread of fascism in World War II was laudable. Of course, all violence is a tragedy…

What Will the Mad King Fuck Up Next?

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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – What will the mad king fuck up next? This is not my idea of fun. You? For many years I was not only a political news junkie, like many of my friends, fans and followers on social media and the web. I reveled in…

How to Engender Trust in an Era of Mass Fraud and Fakery

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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Without going into all the details or naming names at this juncture, let’s just say for the sake of argument that some recent experiences demonstrate how we live in an era of massive fraud and fakery. For some good reasons, many people have come…

What A Nightmare: Rescuing Wolves and Rockets Red Glare

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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – It’s four in the morning and I just woke up with a start after an intense session of REM sleep. The dreams were realistic and in vivid color. I was hiking with a friend somewhere out West when some idiots who should not have…

How to Succeed at Failing

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Everyone is failing every day at everything. Is that a bad thing? – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – It seems to me there is a central conundrum facing American society these days, and it involves the two-tiered society we have allowed to develop basically to serve capitalism. Not just…