And a recipe for sanity It is getting really dark in America. The US military is patrolling our nation’s capital – purefully for performative political purposes. A US president hosted (with a red carpet welcome) an indicted War Criminal head of state on US soil – a murdering thug who has an arrest warrant issued…

Three issues that resonate I have a a few letters in the hopper. But they aren’t ready. I try to be careful and edit thoroughly. Could be a flaw. Could keep me out of trouble. In the meantime I just opened this gem from “The Old Curmudgeon”. Jon Margolis is one of my favorite substack…

The Handmaid’s Tale or an Inquisition? For your Sunday morning reflection. I offer three short clips that are among the great HORRORS of this administration and the Republican efforts to dismantle environmental protections, facilitate a theocracy, and distribute MORE wealth to the ultra rich. First, a short story. I have shared with you my garden…

and Throw it Harder Beto O’Rourke is a fighter. Democrats need more fighters. There is no time to lose.”Democrats need to worry more about getting back into power than being right!” Beto O’Rourke is calling upon every state to tackle redistricting aggressively. Gerrymandering is an artificial construction of a voting district to benefit a particular…

Villainy and Stupidity Officially Declared by Trump Administration “The clean energy future is no longer a promise. It’s a fact.” ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, United Nations Secretary-General (22 July 2025) Here is a portion of his speech offered yesterday: ”The sun is rising on a clean energy age. Just follow the money. $2 trillion went into clean…

A Champion for Democracy What could be more important than protecting our Earth from becoming uninhabitable for our species…and many others? Sure, I’m on board with finding out the truth about Trump and Epstein. But while we are all obsessing about this soap opera, the government corruption and planetary destruction continue unabated. There is a…

Q’Anon crew furious about the Epstein Files Could Epstein be $rump’s Watergate? Could there be that moment when a Republican Senator walks into the Oval Office and says: “Sir, we don’t have the votes to save your job…” ??? Richard Nixon won re-election in 1972 – winning 49 states (all except Massachusetts and the District…

By a “Liberal Farmer” Substack is evolving just like all forms of media. It’s much more than a writers platform now. You can find interviews and all manner of interesting stuff. In a real sense, it is my “favorite channel”. I just came across “Cass”. Her post below has gone “viral”. Let me help spread…

Preventable Death – thanks to “47” and Elon The following is today’s post from Robert Reich, one of the few substack authors I pay for. We know that $rump’s policies will kill Americans. Well, here ya go. Texas has been “all in” for MAGA. Let’s see how the parents of the kids lost in this…

They can’t ruin it Part 1Try just reading the bold text:July 4, 1776”We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among…