Multiple news outlets are reporting that Billionaire and long-time Trump crony Jeffrey Epstein has been charged with multiple counts of sex trafficking, and of under-age girls to boot. There are now several questions which we, as a society, need to ask. First, how did he get away with it for so long (answer, he was…

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Here’s one I’d never thought about. To wit, there’s poor, but there’s also poor. Let me explain. Over on Nation of Change’s website there is an interesting article entitled, Yes, deniers, millions of Americans are among the poorest people in the world by Paul Buchheit. In the piece, Buchheit looks at the increasingly large number…

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In which our fearless editor struggles with a smashed windshield and the vague suspicion that things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. I write at a table in the Flying Star on Menual. The Star’s a local café and restaurant. They do pretty good food, really. Coffee’s not bad, too.…

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