A person wears a mask either to hide her/his/their identity so as to not get caught, or to attend a costume party. Unless we missed the announcement, no “police state theme” costume party is on any official calendars. That leaves us with “not get caught,” that means ... 1/4

“Escape accountability.” Today’s ICE agents trash homes, bust non-white people who “look” like they’re illegal, and just all around carry out the same types of “patriotic acts” as others in our country who wore…

The Framers of the Constitution created a government that was flawed. The greatest flaw was its protection of slavery. [FN1] As many as 25 of the delegates to the 1787 Philadelphia convention claimed ownership of human beings. [FN2] Only Civil War brought abolition. 1/10

Today millions of people will take to the streets across the United States, and around the globe, in “No Kings” protests as our country is being taken over by authoritarianism. Some stress that “labels” do not win…

Our country is in turmoil. trump exacts revenge against those who displease him. When Nixon tried to do the same thing, he had to quit before he could be impeached and convicted. Next weekend, millions will protest on “No Kings.” Our military leaders are quiet. 1/24

This weekend, we could see events in this country similar to the Berlin Wall falling. This essay attempts to answer three questions:

I. How the hell did we get here?

II. Where the hell is “here”?

III. How the…

Sec’y of Defense Hegseth announced on 10/10/25: “Today we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatar Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.” [FN1] A foreign power builds a military base on the soil of another country to use that base militarily, 1/5

something the United States has done frequently. To build a base is different from having planes from another country use one of our bases, such as “Singapore’s air force F-15SG fighter jets” as a different…