Aug 3, 2026 | Working-Class Scribbler
Compared to what we face, Sisyphus had it easy. What do Todd Blanche’s floundering nomination to become US Attorney General and Mitch McConnell’s six week absence from the US Senate have in common? In a word, corruption: of norms, laws, decency, and any sense of duty...
Jul 28, 2026 | Working-Class Scribbler
What happened to so much winning? Donald Trump and his incompetent minions have trapped themselves and our country in a losing war in the Middle East. Trump and Pete “High-T” Hegseth thought attacking Iran and toppling its theocratic government would follow their...
Jul 20, 2026 | Working-Class Scribbler
“…don’t stare too long into an endless black hole; turn your face to the light, as weak as the glimmer may be.” Ece Temelkuran, Nation of Strangers I’m guilty of not following the excellent advice I read in Nation of Strangers by Turkish writer...
Jul 8, 2026 | Working-Class Scribbler
We should have no illusions about what Trump is doing. “It tended to inflate the ego of most planters beyond all reason; they became arrogant, strutting, quarrelsome kinglets; they issued commands; they made laws; they shouted their orders; they expected deference and...
Jul 2, 2026 | Working-Class Scribbler
“Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage, and you are preparing your own limbs to wear them.” Abraham Lincoln, 1858 I find myself distracted and unable to focus on one thing for any length of time, a consequence of living in Donald Trump’s...
