Saturday April 27, 2024

A Culture Of Silence

Tulsa, OK is remembering the race massacre of 100 years ago when a section of the town was burned, people killed and dumped into mass graves and a community shattered.   The Greenwood District never recovered from the conflagration, and it is only now that horrors of the day are receiving attention in the media and […]

Forced March

Exxon lost two board seats to an upstart investor worried about its efforts to address climate change.  It was a stunning outcome for a company that dominated Fortune 500 rankings for decades.  Exxon’s leadership was confident in its focus on oil for energy and was dragging its feet on responding to shifts in the environment.  […]

Bad Idea Multiplied

More states are auditing presidential election ballots six months after the contest was concluded.  It was a dumb idea when Arizona did it.  It’s still not smart for other states to rehash results.  Republicans, under Trump’s thumb, can’t shake loose from the lie that the election was stolen.  The facts and truth don’t matter.  If […]

Wild Ride

Bitcoin has been on a wild ride in the past week, losing more than half of its value then recovering slightly today.  It is to be expected for a cryptocurrency that has no inherent value other than what people believe.  There is no there there, no government backing its value, no commodity like gold assuring […]

Let’s Move On

Republicans in the House and Senate are trying to avoid a Jan.6 commission to look into the insurrection that invaded the capitol building.  They fear what it will find and they are wary that Democrats will use it against them.  Instead, they want to move on and concentrate on the 2022 midterms.  Democrats are having […]

Destroyed

Bill Gates’ divorce has destroyed his image and reputation.  Ugly stories are coming out about his treatment of women and the media are on the hunt.  In the internet age, secrets are no longer kept for long, and the do-gooder image of an individual is at risk in light of facts.  One would think Gates understands […]

What Can You Do?

Colonial Pipeline apparently paid hackers $5 million in cryptocurrency to unlock its computer files from ransomware.  The better approach would have been to rebuild its system and not to pay at all.  But, that wasn’t possible with looming fuel shortages in the Southeast US.  The hackers had lodged the company between a rock and a […]

Don’t Panic!

 Authorities are telling the public not to panic over possible gasoline shortages with the Colonial Pipeline shutdown.  So, of course, motorists are panicking and idling in long lines waiting to get to pumps.  Their fears have resulted in one station after another running out of fuel in the Southeast.  Why does this happen?  People are […]

Awakening

 An Arizona state senator is expressing regret that he voted for an ongoing audit of the presidential election vote.  He says it makes the state GOP “look like idiots.”  He is correct.  The audit, being performed by a company with no experience in verifying elections and with a pronounced bias toward Trump, is a reputation […]

Moral Obligation

 Afghan citizens who cooperated with US troops as interpreters and in other vital functions are panicked about the drawdown of US troops from the country.  They are convinced the Taliban will hunt them down and slaughter them for their aid to America.  They have reason to be concerned with daily bombings taking the lives of […]