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Republican Bullies Attacking Freedom of Speech

Republican Bullies Attacking Freedom of Speech

January 26, 2026 By V.B. Price 1 Comment

In our country, it is illegal and morally deranged for officers of the federal government to threaten American citizens with political reprisals and terrible punishments for exercising one of their most sacred freedoms, their freedom of speech. The leadership of the Republican party, however, is doing just that, using the full force of the Department […]

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She’s Dead. Is This the America We Grew up To Believe In?

She’s Dead. Is This the America We Grew up To Believe In?

January 19, 2026 By V.B. Price 4 Comments

The killing of Renee Good by a federal agent in Minneapolis last week has broken the hearts of millions of Americans across the country. It’s forced many of us to accept the profoundly dispiriting truth that we’re no longer living in an America that we can recognize as our homeland, as a nation ruled by […]

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GEODE UNIVERSE

GEODE UNIVERSE

December 7, 2025 By V.B. Price 10 Comments

Here’s to a Christmas season filled with kindness, delight, and as much innocent merriment as the fates allow.

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Palmer Raids, McCarren, McCarthy, HUAC, Watergate, #47 — Low Points in American Conservatism

Palmer Raids, McCarren, McCarthy, HUAC, Watergate, #47 — Low Points in American Conservatism

April 21, 2025 By V.B. Price 2 Comments

MAGA fanatics have set their sights on weeding out the evil “enemy within.”

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What We Don’t Know Is What a MAGA FBI Will Do to Dissent      

What We Don’t Know Is What a MAGA FBI Will Do to Dissent      

April 6, 2025 By V.B. Price 2 Comments

In spite of a new McCarthyism, a loyal opposition provides glimpses of hope.

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Unamerican Activities: Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, DEI Denial

Unamerican Activities: Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, DEI Denial

March 9, 2025 By V.B. Price 2 Comments

What could be more unpatriotic than a domestic agenda driven by ignorance and hate.

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Let’s Try to Never Use That Word Again

Let’s Try to Never Use That Word Again

February 2, 2025 By V.B. Price 5 Comments

Trump is but a mask for a Republican leadership that has embraced the darkest, cruelest and deadliest realms of the American psyche.

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