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Everything Has Its Opposite. What’s Ahead for Us?

Everything Has Its Opposite. What’s Ahead for Us?

March 16, 2025 By V.B. Price 3 Comments

Is it possible for an artistic revolution to emerge from this shameful darkness?

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The American Dark Ages: All Politics and All Pollution Is Still Local

The American Dark Ages: All Politics and All Pollution Is Still Local

February 23, 2025 By V.B. Price 3 Comments

The ominous realities of a resurgent nuclear industry.

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Fred Harris and the Politics of Decency and Courage

Fred Harris and the Politics of Decency and Courage

January 5, 2025 By V.B. Price 3 Comments

The late U.S. Senator’s strength flowed from his unshakeable belief in the ground rules of fairness, justice and equal opportunity.

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The Great Political Sin

The Great Political Sin

November 25, 2024 By V.B. Price 3 Comments

There is no greater political crime in a democracy than to suppress the opposition with the threat of legal or physical violence.

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Dear Friends and Readers,

Dear Friends and Readers,

November 10, 2024 By V.B. Price 19 Comments

I’m just now recovering from the communal kick in the head many of us suffered last week. I know many of us have sweated out dark nights of paranoia. We’ve crumbled under fathomless sadness and stood up again. We’ve admitted to ourselves that we can’t honestly say we understand emotionally or psychologically what happened to […]

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“Deep State” Conspiracy Theories Undermine Our Economy and Our Modern Way of Life

“Deep State” Conspiracy Theories Undermine Our Economy and Our Modern Way of Life

October 26, 2024 By V.B. Price 1 Comment

Of all the dire possibilities of a second Trump administration looming on the horizon — including mass deportations, the Nazi-esque persecution of political enemies, the complete denial of climate change and the lethal coddling of polluters and their pollution — the GOP’s demonizing of the federal bureaucracy has the most wide-ranging and sinister implications, especially […]

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The Most Dangerous Faction on the Planet

The Most Dangerous Faction on the Planet

October 21, 2024 By V.B. Price 4 Comments

Millions of Americans agree with what four-star general of the Army, and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, has said about former President Donald Trump — that he’s “a total fascist” and “now is the most dangerous person in the country.” Given Trump’s hysterical threats of revenge against his “enemies,” his […]

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