The Well Run Dry

...instead of going to church...  And I put out a little sign so my neighbors could see what I did!

In a previous post I mentioned the concept of "hard power" as applied to nations.  A simple definition of hard power is the abili...

As I mentioned in a previous post , we know that many American farmers - especially farmers who are in red states - solidly support Trump.  ...

I want to open this post with a quote from  something I wrote back in January 2021 , when there were high hopes among historically oppressed...

At present, the most popular televised sporting event in the United States is the Superbowl.  For those readers who do not live in the U.S.,...

As many readers know, in those posts on my blog which deal with strategic nonviolent resistance, I have cautioned against relying solely on ...

I'd like to point my readers to a post which I wrote back in 2017.  The title of that post is " Touching the Oppressor's Wound ...

I've been pleased to learn over the last few weeks that Donald Trump is losing the support of his base, as reported in such articles as ...

Truly this is an age in which those people who have been historically marginalized, disenfranchised, oppressed and enslaved by dominant powe...

I must apologize to any readers who might wish that I had posted more frequently over the last several months.  Admittedly, my posting has b...

This week the Trump administration has begun operations designed to destroy the government of Venezuela.  This is totally unnecessary, as Ve...

Here is a link to an interview which provides a clearer picture of a concept which I mentioned in my last post.  The interview was given by...

In a few previous posts on this blog, I have pointed out that relying on mass protest marches as the sole tactic of a struggle of strategic ...

Those of you who read this post will be able to tell at a glance that I don't follow the news closely.  It took a next door neighbor...

Here's another short post that is a follow-on to the post I wrote yesterday.  My encounter with the protest march in Portland yesterday ...

I was planning to meet some friends for coffee (or in my case, green tea) today in downtown Portland, Oregon.  Because I don't have a TV...

It is heartening to see how much of the rest of the world is responding to the actions of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.  Several boycotts of g...

Today's post will be short.  我很忙，所以我没有很多时间！Anyway, here goes. Over these last few weeks, I've heard of at least one protest that too...

The present times are rather terrible, both globally and here in the United States.  We who are not of the rich and powerful are under a ful...