speaking my truth
The current production of Julius Caesar at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival doesn’t exactly mirror the current political reality in the United States, but there are rhymes. The populist Julius Caesar flirts with authoritarianism, but unlike Republicans in our congress who refuse to stand up to the authoritarian in the White House, the senators of Rome, led by Marcus Brutus and Cassius, take a…
In mid February Elon Musk’s DOGE (pronounced “douche” ) attacked the USDA ’s team of scientists that maintain a diverse collection of seeds as a strategic hedge against catastrophic famine brought on by any number of potential threats. The DOGE team fired some of the scientists that carry out this important work. Since its establishment in 1898, the United States Department of Agriculture’s…
This is what happens when you are a corrupt weakling cosplaying as a strongman. You take credit for things that competent people do. The Starliner saga is finally coming to an end with the return of NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on Tuesday after a prolonged nine month stay in space. The story is largely over, but that didn’t prevent President Donald Trump from taking one final…
Cliff Bentz, the only Republican congressman from Oregon, is a supporter of the most corrupt administration ever elected in the United States. His unwavering sycophancy to the corrupt patrimonialism of Trump and his henchman, Elon Musk, should be an obvious incentive for a reasonable Republican to challenge Bentz in 2026. It remains to be seen if there’s a reasonable Republican in Oregon’s…
I wrote to my Republican congressman, Cliff Bentz, this morning. This is the second of the two messages I sent: Last week President Trump and Vice President Vance attacked Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. President Trump went to great lengths to suggest that it was Vladimir Putin who has been unfairly treated by the United States, and on at least on occasion prior to the Oval…