The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Liz Cheney was right. Cheney Says Trump Faces ‘Multiple’ Criminal Referrals, and Hints the Justice Department Should Not Wait Merrick Garland didn’t listen. Pressure Mounts on Justice Department to Bring Charges Against Trump Now we are stuck with Trump for two more years, with…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — About the time Lewis and Clark were rafting up the Missouri River to search for a land and water route to the Pacific from 1803 to 1806, the global population topped one billion people. It took more than a century to reach two billion,…
It looks like a miracle considering where Americans get their information – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Uh, oh. It’s been one week since Election Day, and it appears Republicans are on the verge of winning the 218 seats they need in the House to take majority control in…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tick, tock. Tick, tock. It’s been three days since the midterm elections and we still do not know which party will control the next Congress and set the national agenda, not in the House or the Senate. But one thing is crystal ball clear.…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — This is it folks. Another major turning point in our lives in this crazy 21st century hellscape world. It’s been a strange week since I came down from the mountains and set up camp inside the Beltway again just in time for Halloween and…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Do you ever find yourself asking: Why does this crap (whatever crap you are dealing with) have to be so hard? I know I do, and see it all the time in others. Another way to put the question: Why does life have to…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. – What would you do if you knew you had just one week more to live in a place that feels like home, knowing there are more stories to discover and tell? Maybe vow to come back next year and tackle the other stories?…
The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - THURMONT, Md. — If you are reading this today, October 15, 2022, then I’ve defied the odds and outlived the curse of 64. I’m now alive and well and 65-years-old. According to my doctor here, I’ve got the heart rate of a professional tennis player and the…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – When French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician René Descartes first posited his theory, Cogito, ergo sum, “I think, therefore I am,” he could not have foreseen a Wizard of Id like Donald Trump taking over America and saying just because he thinks documents are declassified, therefore they are…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. — It’s drizzling rain in the mountain woods, hovering around 72 degrees on this last day of summer. We will transit the autumn equinox about 8 p.m. tonight, and fall will officially begin — with only six weeks to go until the critical midterm…
How Climate Change Might Wipe Out the Human Population – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – For all the bromides and self-help scams flooding the market these days for gullible people seeking the secret to living longer or at least living more healthy lives, I’ve long suspected that the number one killer is…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – What’s the point of jumping on the bandwagon and sharing memes on Facebook or even writing a news column on remembering Sept. 11, 2001? Those days are long gone and I say “Never Forget” Jan. 6, 2021. The number one threat of “terrorism” these days does not…
Stay Tuned to See if Trump Will Face the Music, or Not… Sunday Reader – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. — Down in Washington, D.C. at the National Archives a team of investigators are combing through all the classified documents seized by the FBI in the recent raid at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. Outside the…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – What humanity needs is a shared, factual narrative. Not just a myth to live by, as Joseph Campbell articulated in a series of interviews with Bill Moyers on PBS way back in the 20th century. I’ve written about this before, even in my own book. The Power…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Mother Nature doesn’t care what your political opinion is, what side you take in the current partisan political divide in the United States. She is malevolent, and will not even bother to laugh at you on Facebook when you prove to be such a moron that you…
Sunday Reader – By Glynn Wilson – You must know by now that I read a lot. Always have. When I was a kid I went through the school library and left little unread. In the summer months, back when there was a such thing as a book mobile, very little escaped my attention. I…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – For some reason I had a little trouble falling sound asleep on Saturday night. So after watching a couple of shows on Netflix, dozing off a few times and waking back up, I went outside for a few minutes for some fresh air between 1 and 2…
Why is this such a mystery to other news outlets? – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – If ever there was any doubt that “Sloppy” Steve Bannon was a key architect of Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” strategy and that it was developed even before Election Day on November 3, 2020, new sensationalized…
There goes democracy … monarchy anyone? – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – ANALYSIS – Donald Trump always said he wanted to “build a wall.” Instead he tore one down, the wall separating church and state. Just like his hero Putin, he pandered to the Christians, and almost became the dictator he always…
Is this the fatal blow in law that will doom human life on planet Earth? – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Since it is now plainly obvious that the conservative majority on this Supreme Court is packed with biased, politically partisan, “activist judges” who have demonstrated that they feel unbound in their…
