CHECKPOINT

by Alejandro Escud� San Diego County middle school teacher Shane Parmely was detained for more than an hour by Border Patrol agents at a checkpoint in New Mexico because she refused to say whether she was a U.S. citizen. Parmely�s family helped her...

BREAKING

by Melissa BalmainGiphy.comWatching our children at the beach,we ought to smile and schmooze,but�phones regrettably in reach�we're swamped by waves of news:A crook goes free. A mouthpiece quits.More leaders mix with commies.Each hour or so, the Prez...

EVEN AS WE SLEEP

by Zara RaabDisaster: the charred shell of Grenfell Tower a month after a fire in the building claimed 80 lives Getty Images via The Standard, July 27, 2017To keep tenants warmor impress rich neighbors,builders wrap a London towerin sheets of shiny...

HELLO, DAD? . . .

by Rick MullinImage source: Dylan Vermeul Art?with no apologies to Warren Zevon the sad loserI sat down with the Russians,despite the repercussions,so could you now, perchance,send lawyers, guns and money,Manafort, Covfefe,Wikileaks and Pepe,Spice...

MICE

by Samantha PiousTheNewVerse.News construction from images found at Zimbio and Meridian Magazine.after Eustache Deschamps� �But Who�s the One to Bell the Cat?�Among the mice (I�ve heard it told)a special Congress was convenedagainst the Cat, their hated...

RODRIGO TREATS DONALD

by Jonel AbellanosaPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte, previously praised and invited by President Trump to come to the White House, said he will not visit the United States during or after his term because the country is �lousy.� Duterte's remarks...

WHITE MEN WRITING RACE

by Robert CarrA liberal is someone who thinks he knows more about your experience than you do. �James BaldwinThere is a wise white womanin my life, counting dead black people.They break her pulse, her heart.That's real. She etches namesinto a journal,...