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…
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…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Human society, and these days especially American society, are plagued by many ongoing problems. One of these is the inability to think abstractly about issues and solutions. It’s harder than ever when every day is fraught with a never ending series of crazy, distracting,…
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…
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…
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…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – If a story could change the misdirection of our country, I would write it. If a song could save the day, I would play and sing it. If a movie or show could make the people understand, I would produce it. If an A.I.…
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905. The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Could it be that the 20th century was the last, great century for humanity? It’s looking more like it every day. The older I get, and…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein believed in the benefits of racial diversity on human evolution and society, fought for sexual freedom in his life in the great 20th century, and worried about the threat posed by corrupt politicians and governments to individual liberty.…
“We don’t print the truth. We don’t pretend to print the truth. We print what people tell us. It’s up to the public to decide what’s true.” – Washington Post Editor Ben Bradley The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – So after consulting with my doctor on Tuesday about the latest…
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – It’s a different kind of spring here in and around the great capital city of the United States. Yes, the Japanese cherry trees blossomed this year by the Jefferson Memorial and around the Tidal Basin, along with the redbuds, dogwoods and mountain…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rather than changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, if Trump is allowed to continue transforming this country as he has tried to do in his first 100 days back in the White House, we might as well…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – PELL CITY, Ala. – By the time Donald J. Trump flies into Tuscaloosa on Thursday, May 1 for a private, ticketed event for himself in Coleman Coliseum on the eve of University of Alabama graduation ceremonies beginning on May 2, I will be long gone from Alabama…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – It is a sad time for Planet Earth, maybe the saddest of times since the first Earth Day 55 years ago today. By the 20th anniversary in 1990, after news organizations developed specialty beats to cover “pollution” of the natural environment in the United States and around…
On My Return to Washington One More Time – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. BOUND – This little detour back to the American South for the past six months has been interesting, to say the least, presenting some fascinating opportunities I never envisioned. Covering politics and the disastrous 2024 election…
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – CHEROKEE ROCK VILLAGE, Ala. – If the conservative Republicans on Fox News, talk radio and social media are just going to go on and on calling liberal Democrats “libs” and talk endlessly about “sticking it to the libs” while Donald Trump and Elon Musk go…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – LOGAN MARTIN LAKE, Ala. – A friend sent out an email on Sunday with a link to a story in the liberal news site Truthout out of Berkeley, California. The headline? AI Isn’t Going to Cut Government Bureaucracy — It’s Going to Vastly Worsen It The subhead:…
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – MONTEVALLO, Ala. – It’s raining hard now in the campground as I work on the first cup of coffee on Sunday morning. We could lose power or internet at any moment. But I am going to try to write a little something before it goes…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – President Joe Biden had a thing for wanting to compete with China in the 21st century. He talked about it all the time. Sometimes he seemed to go a little overboard with this, especially when talking about “winning” a space weapons race and war with China. The…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – It would be ironic, if not funny, if the end of the American run of prestige and power in the world came crashing to an end because of the idiotic and corrupt actions of a mob boss dictator wannabe who got elected on the slogan “Make America…
