The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — They say time flies when you’re having fun. Of course that has become a cliché. The Roman poet Virgil first alluded to this phenomenon in Latin, in Georgics Book 3, using the line “fugit inreparabile tempus” which means, in proper English, “time escapes and…
“Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike.” – John Muir, 1869 The Yosemite (1912), page 256. Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – In reporting annual visitation numbers to America’s national parks for 2021, the…
By Glynn Wilson — WASHINGTON, D.C. — It shouldn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that being offered payment in cryptocurrency to hide nuclear submarine secrets in a peanut butter sandwich and a chewing gum package might be an under cover agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, not a spy for Russian dictator…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Let’s face facts and tell it straight, never mincing words. That’s what we do here at the NAJ, which is why we have a loyal following — and also why we have detractors and even outright enemies who would at the very least put…
Full text of “John Brown. An address by Frederick Douglass, at the fourteenth anniversary of Storer College, Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, May 30, 1881”: source text edited from print style to web press style JOHN BROWN: AN ADDRESS FREDERICK DOUGLASS, FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY, STORER COLLEGE, Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, May 30, 1881. DOVER, N. H.: MORNING…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of progressive Democrats inspired by the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders in 2016 is going after a far right Trump supporting candidate for governor of Maryland, Dan Cox, who is now a Republican member of the state House of Delegates and has filed articles of impeachment…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes you wake up in the morning, make the coffee, check the news and feel all hope is lost, like Frodo Baggins near the end of The Two Towers in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. That’s kind of how I felt on Sunday…
Also, Facebook Finally Peaked and Meta Lost $230 Billion in Value – “So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people – greedy, barbarous, and cruel…” — T.E. Lawrence in ‘Lawrence of Arabia‘ 1962 The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C.…
“Winners and losers, which one will you be today?” — Social Distortion Winners and Losers Video The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The California punk rock band Social Distortion summed it up in this song by Michael Ness. “We’re all good and evil … there’s cowards and heroes … lovers…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The news is not as huge as an indictment and show trial of former President Donald Trump would be. But the announcement by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that he will retire at the end of this court term and give President Joe Biden a chance to nominate…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — What would you be thinking if you woke up in the woods at dawn, with the ground covered in white snow, the world all quiet and the air clean and clear? It reminds me of a blank slate, a chance for a new beginning.…
The Biden Administration Must Take Climate Change Into Account Under the Law – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a first of its kind decision with far reaching implications for the battle against climate change and potentially the fossil fuel economy, a federal judge ruled on Thursday in favor of environmental groups against…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Virginia man was arrested Thursday for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of counting the electoral votes in the presidential election of 2020. Markus Maly, 47, of Fincastle, Virginia, is…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following through on his commitment to action during his Journey to Justice Tour, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the first in a series of actions on Wednesday responding directly to concerns of communities historically and disproportionately impacted by pollution in the South, including “Cancer Alley”…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — If our democracy is so under threat, Covid is still surging, workers and the economy are still suffering, climate change due to global warming is all around us and we’re about to be at war with Russia, why are these talking heads on TeeVee…
Texas Man Arrested for Making Election-Related Threats to Government Officials – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Department of Justice has pivoted in its investigation of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to arresting and charging alleged domestic terrorists who pose a continuing threat to elections. In the first criminal case…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — There is a story lurking in the woods near here that may be a very real on the ground test of whether humans have a chance to save the planet, whether the United States will play a very real key role in this effort, and whether Democrats are…
On 75th Anniversary, The Time is the Closest to Midnight in Clock’s History – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – While the past year offered glimmers of hope that humankind might reverse its march toward global catastrophe, the Doomsday Clock was set at just 100 seconds to midnight on Thursday. The time is based on…
Guest Column – By Robert Reich – Capitalism and democracy are compatible only if democracy is in the driver’s seat. That’s why I took some comfort just after the attack on the Capitol when many big corporations solemnly pledged they’d no longer finance the campaigns of the 147 lawmakers who voted to overturn election results.…
Guest Column – By U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen – Maryland Democrat – Since the attack on our Capitol the Big Lie has not died, instead, it has metastasized. To protect our democracy, we must step up & pass votings rts legislation & to do that we’ve got to amend the #filibuster. I’m speaking NOW…
