The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — No one is above the law. That includes the President of the United States. Whether you can convict one is another question. But at least America is not a Catholic monarchy, although the Supreme Court looks like one with six out of nine justices…
The awful truth about hedge funds – Guest Column – By Robert Reich – Bridgewater Associates is the world’s largest hedge fund, managing roughly $125 billion of other people’s money. The New York Times recently reported that its founder, Ray Dalio, agreed to relinquish control of the firm only if it gave him what could…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Can a song change the world? A news story? What about a leak? Daniel Ellsberg, famous for leaking the Pentagon Papers to newspapers in 1971 — an act that rippled through American life for decades in the form of a distrust of government over…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Imagine, if you will, what it would feel like to be a rain soaked soldier (like the ones depicted in “All Quiet on the Western Front”) huddled a muddy trench fighting a stalemated civil war for 40 years. Some days just north of the…
Guest Column – By Joe Biden – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Millions of Americans work their whole life, paying into Medicare with every working day — starting with their first job, even as teenagers. Medicare is more than a government program. It’s the rock-solid guarantee that Americans have counted on to be there for them when…
The Day the Newspaper Died – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Please allow me to apologize in advance for some of what I’m about to say. They say the truth hurts, and even psychologists agree looking with hope toward the future is more healthy than dwelling with nostalgia on…
The universe is vast. Why can’t we be humbled by that and work together to save our tiny planet? – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes I look out through the magic tube at what’s happening in the world and feel at once like a wise old owl, or…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As if young people don’t have it hard enough these days after having their lives and educations upended by a global pandemic, with mental health issues and suicide rates rising and college entrance levels falling. And as if African Americans didn’t already have a…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Please forgive us if we do not pander to our audience by writing and publishing what we think people want to hear, like Tucker Carlson at Fox News. It would be nice to think people appreciate this. But I’m not so sure they do…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Declarative statement: You cannot have a non-partisan Department of Justice and a “fair and blindfolded” system of justice if only one side plays by the rules. Sorry to have to be the one to break the news. It’s just a fact. I know it’s…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — I told y’all he was coming to Washington in the new year with a political agenda to help feed fake dirt to the Republicans in the House. Sure enough — totally unlike Mr. Smith who came to Washington in another era for a far…
“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” – George Orwell’s 1984 QUOTE of the DAY – “The Republicans have brought the QAnon caucus to the Oversight Committee, and you can expect them to run with the most ludicrous conspiracy theories one can ever imagine.†– Freshman Congressman Dan Goldman, Democrat from New York…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — On a cold, dreary winter day in the nation’s capital, I’m thinking maybe I’ve finally hit the old man codger wall. When you live for nearly three-quarters of a century, they say, there are some things you don’t recognize about this world anymore; also…
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. – Macbeth after he hears of Lady Macbeth’s death, in Act 5, scene 5, lines 16–27. The…
They Should Be Locked Up Along With Donald Trump – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Confederate rebels who wanted to break up the United States in the 1860s failed in 1864, and similar rebels failed to take over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. But 21 insurrectionist…
It turns out quite a lot, if people would listen… The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — How can art influence life and make the world a better place? One thing’s for sure. You can’t do it by being oblivious to what’s going on around you. And what can an Irish…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the years roll by and print becomes ever less relevant — and this is supposed to be the year of gratitude — I am more grateful every year that I do not have to crank out more irrelevant and ridiculous news to fill…
A cold rain is falling. But I’m out of my bed. As the coffee is calling. Can’t get this out of my head. The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. — What do Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas Paine, William Wordsworth, Edmund Burke, Immanuel Kant, Fredric Jameson, and Bob Dillon have in common? And…
“If we weren’t all crazy we would go insane.” – Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefer Band, 1977 The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Here’s a Sunday challenge: Do a Google search for “mental health crisis.” There is no doubt a mental health crisis grips this country, and probably the…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Who is this Elon Musk? And what’s his problem? What went wrong with Time magazine’s person of the year for 2021? Sources with inside knowledge through the Dreams of “The Sandman” from DC Comics say Musk made a deal with the Devil back in the 1990s, and…
