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“Remembering and honoring John Brown” Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver Velez While scrolling through my Bluesky feed yesterday I saw this post:

Dickens and the Common Good BAH. HUMBUG. ‘But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,’ faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself.” Missed and misused opportunities to work kindly to help those with less:that was the message the...

Now is the perfect time for the United States to elect a female president. We have more females in positions of authority today then ever before. Women have shown they are more than capable of running businesses, speaking about sports, being of service...

In September, TN Secretary of State Tre Hargett sent letters to the state's public libraries ordering them to review their children's books for LGBTQ themes or characters. His benchmark? Content the Trump administration deems harmful to kids. Tre ain't...

Many, if not most, people cannot relate to cat owners finding preciousness and other qualities in their beloved pets, including a non-humanly innocence, that make losing them someday such a horrible heartbreak. I grew up around cats and sometimes their...

Just as the Cold War was beginning, China, Taiwan and the United States found themselves tangled in a military situation which threatened to go hot. "Hidden History" is a diary series that ...

Last week my son brought home a special surprise- a book of poetry by Dorothy Parker.� Death and Taxes� was first published in 1931; this edition was dated 1939.� The title page.

It's becoming more and more difficult to keep up with the meandering mental mania that emanates from the mind of Donald Trump. Anyone observing his increasingly deranged behavior has to be concerned about the risk of harm that he is capable of to the...

History will remember them accordingly

In “US Constitution: Hiding in Plain Sight,” Daniel Lazare noted the difference between the Constitution’s preamble and what comes next. The Preamble, for instance, seems to advance a straight-forward theory of popular sovereignty in which ‘we the...

Secretary Hegseth and the Trump administration cannot seem to decide on who exactly to scapegoat for the murder of the two survivors of that boat bombing off the coast of Venezuela. Hegseth has scapegoated the Admiral who executed the Hegseth order....

I'm just going to shut up and let him speak for himself cuz he does it much better than I could.

I’ve always dipped into my retirement income to donate to political campaigns. I give of my time as well, but haven’t attempted to quantify that. In past years, however, I found myself committing some of the cardinal sins of so many donors: giving on...

There was the usual cabinet meeting today, where the occasion was used as a press opportunity. In this instance, ‘narco-terrorist’ remains a misnomer, the 2 September mission’s Target Engagement Authority (TEA) was the SecDef, and both Trump and...

Will the Last Pastor in Babylon Please Turn Off the Lights? TL;DR In the last twenty years, church attendance in America has collapsed. Today only one in four Americans attend weekly services, while two‑thirds report seldom or never attending. Casual...

Listen to our archived episodes: Pandora|LibSyn|YouTube Support the show: Patreon|PayPal: 1x or monthly|Square Cash * David Waldman knows all, reveals about two hours' worth, on today’s KITM. Is Pete Hegseth more sober, or less, today? Pete has Donald...

Help get out the vote for awesome candidate Aftyn Behn @aftynbehn.bsky.social Virtual phone bank info: https://www.mobilize.us/aftynforcongress/event/826070/ tinyurl.com/TNVolunteerHub Even if you only have a little time today to make a few phone calls...

A gentle reminder of how we do things:   🐱🐶🐦 Do not troll the diary. If you hate pootie diaries, leave now. No harm, no foul. Please do share pics of your fur kids!  If you have ...

… has hacked his social media accounts. It is the only truth possible. Autopen, 2028 — Make America Helveticagain! Thank You for Cleaning your Printheads of this MATTER!

Ok. What are the odds? this cannot be a coincidence! it’s a sign. umm. yes that’s it! Not sure what of but it better be good!