At 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 6, 2024, Donald Trump on his social media platform instructed his cult to give Bud Light, an Anheuser-Busch product, a second chance. “Anheuser-Busch is a Great American Brand that deserves a Second Chance”, he ‘truthed’. This after months and months of Kid Rock and countless others taking their automatic rifles…

The death knell for the U.S. middle class, the linchpin of the American dream and American democracy, was 1980 with the whole-hearted adoption of trickle-down economics. By both parties. Robert Reich called it in 1994. We are on the way to becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group of…

From the beginning of history, the few have always exploited the many. This is the cornerstone of civilization, the blood in the mortar that binds all bricks. Whatever it takes, make sure you are one of the few, not one of the many. Andrew Kevin Walker, The Killer The fantasy Republican voters buy from their…

Newly crowned (of thorns, if you follow GOP rhetoric) House Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson (R-La) claims to have an adopted black son, Michael, so he understands what it means to be black in the United States. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla) claimed in 2020 to have an adopted black son, Nestor, so he understands what it means…

What does it mean to be ‘deviant’ in the eyes of your conservative/MAGA neighbors? Smiths Station, AL, Mayor Bubba Copeland, 49, chose suicide vs. the ridicule of his neighbors after he was outed by a conservative online platform for wearing women’s clothing and makeup. All I see is fear, anger, and violence. Where is the…

W.H. Auden stated that prose is the most suitable artistic means of expressing the human experience, yet he forged his career as a poet. Poetry is not my favorite read. Hell, since I engaged in graduate studies in literature, nothing is. I prefer hearing my poetry with guitar and a rhythm section. My favorite performers…