St. Ru
Victoria woke with a start. One of those fully-asleep to fully-awake immediately kinds of things. She laid there for a moment, fully restrained, fully compressed by all the medical equipment, the machines and wires and tubes surrounding her, clicking and humming, attached to her body, keeping her alive. It wasContinue Reading
We’ll Always Have Paris
Victoria laid in bed, stretching out languorously. The room was pitch black and perfectly still. There was no clock on the nightstand. She hadn’t used a clock in her bedroom since her last heart attack. Victoria hadn’t woken …Continue Reading
Mr.Johnson
Victoria was happy. Her life was set. All planned out. Until she ran into something she never expected.Continue Reading
Steel, Coal, and Sub-Prime Auto Loans Spell Trouble for 2018 and Beyond
Harvey Gold At a sprawling steel mill on the outskirts of Philadelphia, the workers have one number in mind; and it’s not how many tons of steel produced every day, or how many hours they work. It’s where each of them falls on the plant’s seniority list. ArcelorMittal, which ownsContinue Reading
Gasoline Spikes, Interest Rate Hikes, Consumer Debt Overload; What Could Go Wrong?
Oil and gasoline are spiking because of Trump’s erratic Middle East policies, interest rates are rising because Trump is adding $1 trillion dollars a YEAR to the national debt, any minor tax benefits to middle America is exceeded by rising prices, the top 20 vehicles sold in the last twoContinue Reading
U.S. Democracy is Dying from Voter Neglect
For a nation that proudly portrays itself as the protector of democratic principles, we have done an incredibly lousy job of practicing what we preach. The result is that U.S. democracy is dying from neglect. For instance: We have a party (Republicans) devoted to making it harder, not easier forContinue Reading
Trump’s Lies About Amazon and the Post Office
Harvey Gold President Trump issued an unexpected and typically uninformed…well…stupid, executive order Thursday night creating a federal task force to investigate the U.S. Postal Service’s finances, including its pricing and workforce costs. “The USPS is on an unsustainable financial path and must be restructured to prevent a taxpayer-funded bailout,” theContinue Reading
Still Think Russian Interference Won’t Affect You? Try No Electricity in August.
On June 13, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified to the Senate Intelligence committee about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Sessions was greeted by an unexpected change in focus from Senator John McCain after nervously taking hours of questions about his knowledge of the plot. “Quietly, the KremlinContinue Reading
Will the Democrats Find Yet Another Way to Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory?
The biggest race of the night for the Democratic party will be decided in a runoff, setting up months of yet another conflict between the establishment and its progressive wing like the one that helped propelled Donald Trump to the White House with the help of Russia. The Democratic CongressionalContinue Reading
Steel, Coal, and Sub-Prime Auto Loans Spell Trouble for 2018 and Beyond
At a sprawling steel mill on the outskirts of Philadelphia, the workers have one number in mind; and it’s not how many tons of steel produced every day, or how many hours they work. It’s where each of them falls on the plant’s seniority list. ArcelorMittal, which owns the mill,Continue Reading