Worked To Death
The Boston Globe reports on a study by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health that looked at opioid deaths by occupation....
Yearly Archive: 2018
America's Other Unseen Epidemic
We all know about the epidemic of gun violence in this country. The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence has a...
The Presumed Innocence Of The Rich
Judge T.S. Ellis, who is overseeing the Paul Manafort trial, has made quite a name for himself with his biting comments,...
Wall Street Continues Its Crooked Ways
It’s nice to see that two of my favorite Wall Street recidivists are still managing to break the law with relative...
Trump Campaign Did Receive Something Of Value At Trump Tower Meeting Alone
Now that Trump has admitted that his son, along with Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner, engaged in a conspiracy to receive...
Astronomy Adventure – Messier 7, the Ptolemy Cluster
Messier 7 is also known as the Ptolemy cluster because it was described by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy who also...
Trump Blurring The Line Between Governmental And Political Activity
Donald Trump and his Republican party are whittling away at our democracy on a remarkable number of fronts and with remarkable...
Natural Weekends – Swiss Alps
It’s been a typical late July, early August here – hazy, hot, and humid with the ever-present threat of a pop-up...
Enemy Of The People
So it’s come to this. The official White House position is that the press is the “enemy of the people”. Yesterday,...