WE DID ALL WE COULD

by Carolyn Martin "World Scientists� Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice" by William J. Ropple et al and 15,364 scientist signatories from 184 countries  in BioScience, 13 November 2017 via the Alliance of World Scientists.We did all we could.This...

INGLORIOUS BASTARDS

by Kathleen A. LawrenceActing badly,boorish comicscoax deranged egos.False good-guysgoing Hollywood,icons indecentlyjones and jerk,kindling lasciviousmeager manhoods.Nihilistic ogres, oddpaunchy producers,quibble ruthlessly.Ransacking solicitors,sleazy...

A FLOCK OF WILD TURKEYS

by Tricia KnollYou�d pull off the road for that,wouldn�t you? Beside Pigeon River?A flight of forty landing.Thin and sleek, running.Watch their heads boband thin legs pedal.You�d forget newsof feathered nestsand overstuffed breasts. Tweeted by Bill...

MEDITATION IN ROME

by Sharon OlsonSchool had not started and students at Rancho Tehama Elementary were still in the playground when staffers first heard gunshots in the neighborhood Tuesday morning, said Richard Fitzpatrick, superintendent of the Corning Union Elementary...

CAN IT HAPPEN HERE?

by  Jon TaylorImage source: Newspaper RockAsk a Native Americandeclared a �merciless Indian savage�in the country�s founding documenttaught with reverence to schoolchildren.Ask a descendantof slaves from Africawho isn�t behind bars with two millionothers...

OVER

by Judith TerziThe Trump administration announced tight new restrictions Wednesday on American travel and trade with Cuba, implementing policy changes President Trump announced five months ago to reverse Obama administration normalization with the communist-ruled...

THE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS OF TRADER JOE SHOPPERS

by Kristin BergerImage source: Kim's CravingsThat tonight will be the quiet, easy Sunday when all cars obeythe lights and the moon escorts clouds to the other sideof the overpass, under which homeless families are thankfulfor no rain and church tips�That...