
How do we explain losing control of our bodies?
In 2005 I worked in Egypt on a project regarding the exporting of flowers and flower essences. The problem was that the males were jealously guarding the export gateway which is the most lucrative. Women had many acres of land in flowers and the best flower essences. Yet they could not break into the … Read more

Blake Masters’ Is Trump’s Choice for Senate
Update 6/3/22: Now that Trump has anointed Blake Masters as his choice for the Senate in Arizona, I decided to republish my first look at the candidate. Trump’s choice is certainly interesting in itself: he chose Masters over Jim Lamon, who evidently committed a felony for Trump by forging a document claiming to be an … Read more

Innocents Slaughtered, and What We Can Do
On Tuesday, May 24, we were shocked yet again by another senseless tragedy. Children killed with military-style weapons in a Texas elementary school by an older child. Just 10 days after black Buffalo shoppers were killed in a similar way. Again, and again. We feel anguish, we feel rage, we feel impotent. Is there something … Read more

Bidenomics Job Streak Continues: Close to 400,000 New Jobs Created in May
While continuing high rates of inflation is a valid concern for the long term prospects of local, regional, and the national economies, job growth, for now, is still maintaining strength. In May, the nation reported 390,000 jobs were created across the country. That is slightly down from the 436,000 jobs created in April. The Unemployment … Read more

Rep. Michelle Udall’s Anti-Anti-Racism Bill Doesn’t Have The Votes In The Senate
The last week of May, Republicans in the Arizona House revived their white Christian Nationalist cancel culture bill regarding anti-Critical Race Theory (CRT), something that not one of them can accurately define or demontrate that they understand. For these white Christian Nationalists, anything that might make their little “snowflake” kids feel uncomfortable about America’s long … Read more
