I read the following excellent and timely opinion piece on The Chris Hedges Report/Substack. It is only the second piece written by a third party I have ever posted in nearly forty years f writing social and political commentary … and echoes many of the warning signs for the future …
Posted on January 11, 2026 by Dick .
Posted on November 6, 2025 by Dick .
“You do not get to mistreat people without consequences.”
Anan
The failure of Congress to meet its mandated September 30th Federal budget deadline, exacerbated by Mike Johnson and his Republican House colleagues being AWOL from Congress, has led to a thirty-eight-day and counting government shutdown. Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, the state legislature in …
Posted on September 19, 2025 by Dick .
“No right was deemed by the fathers of the government more sacred than the right of speech. It was in their eyes, as in the eyes of all thoughtful men, the great moral renovator of society and government.”
Fredrick Douglas
The assassination of Charles Kirk was reprehensible … as was that of …
Posted on February 27, 2025 by Dick .
“he who saves his country does not violate any law”
Donald Trump
His wildly inaccurate remark, “I have an Article II where I have the right to do whatever I want as president,” and embracing the label of “king” epitomizes Donald Trump’s exaggerated and narcissistic ego and disrespect for the Constitution!
Trump’s election …