Peter Kafka in an interview with journalism critic Jay Rosen recently wrote at Vox, Trump’s denial of his coronavirus failings will be “one of the biggest propaganda battles in American history”: Americans don’t trust the government, and they don’t trust the media. That trend has been evident for years, but the Trump era has accelerated it. Now … Read more
I recently wrote an opinion piece in which I speculated that the GOP really didn’t want people to return to work and die, they were just positioning themselves politically to insulate themselves from the inevitable CoronaDepression. I assumed they would make a lot of noise about the damage to the economy, and then prudently, and … Read more
Back in March, I warned you about The Saudi Arabia-Russia oil war against U.S. oil producers (snippet): Two of Donald Trump’s favorite autocrat buddies, Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and Vladimir Putin of Russia, have decided to engage in a price war over oil in an effort to capture market share in … Read more
State and local officials are forced to compete against one another to purchase personal protection equipment (PPE), in a fierce global competition for masks, gowns, ventilators and other medical supplies. The Trump administration has refused to federally coordinate PPE distribution. The Trump administration tells state and local officials not to rely on the federal government because the federal … Read more
With Coral Evans term-limited from leading Flagstaff and seeking potential opportunities in the State Legislature, City Council Member and past Vice Mayor Jamie Whelan hopes to bring her leadership and civic experience to the Mayor’s Office in January 2021. A wife and mother of two, Ms. Whelan and her wife, Laura Anne, own Flagstaff’s Old … Read more