Secret Vistas – By Glynn Wilson – HARPERS FERRY, WV — John Brown was hanged for his insurrection against slavery in 1859 and is blamed by some for helping to start the Civil War. Donald Trump still walks free to play golf and run for office again after his insurrection to overthrow the United States…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. — The rain has stopped for now as the days grow shorter and cooler. The Autumnal equinox will be upon us next Wednesday, September 23, when the day and night will be of equal length, marking the start of Autumn. I would love nothing…
There is little doubt this is caused by political rhetoric and media coverage – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — If there are any communications scholars out there still trying to figure out how to accurately measure political and media influence on public opinion, look no further than a new survey out from the…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Buried under the sad news on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on America on Saturday, and an inconclusive declassified report on the role of Saudi Arabia in the attacks, the U.S. Capitol Police quietly published a short report on the role some officers played…
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. — I’m not a real fan of reliving sad, tragic moments on every anniversary like the rest of the news media in America, always desperate to attract attention and fill up space and time. I had to turn off Scott Simon on NPR on Saturday…
Staff Report – Six more people pleaded guilty on Friday to charges connected to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, including a man who threatened to shoot House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the head. Cleveland Meredith Jr. missed the pro-Trump rally in Washington, D.C., earlier this year, but stuck around long enough to tell family members…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Like the wise man said, there is some good news, and some bad news, and lots of uncertainty. Which would you like to hear first? Even though Saturday will mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks on America on September 11, 2001, I’ll start…
Staff Report – Summer 2021 was the hottest summer on record, according to 126 years of records for the contiguous United States. So says a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released Thursday. The average temperature for all of the Lower 48 states from June through August was 74.0 degrees Fahrenheit, or 2.6…
Staff Report – The FBI is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a man who is wanted for an alleged assault on federal law enforcement officers during the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. The FBI released new photos of this individual on Thursday in its efforts to identify…
Escaping the Tiger Mosquitoes Blown in With Hurricane Ida – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — When Hurricane Ida blew up from New Orleans, through Nashville and up U.S. Interstate 81 through Virginia and Maryland this week, ultimately plowing through Pennsylvania and drowning people in their basements in New York,…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is quietly signaling that former President Donald Trump and other Republicans involved in inciting the seditious assault may not escape scrutiny. Chairman Bennie G. Thompson, the Democrat from Mississippi, and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, the Republican from Wyoming,…
Staff Report – Hurricane Ida’s deadly and destructive siege of wind and flooding from Louisiana to the Northeast virtually guarantees the retirement of that name from future use. Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane name lists repeat every six years unless a storm is so severe that the name is retired from future lists. This avoids…
Jacob Chansley Could Face Two Years in the Federal Pen, and Some Say That’s Not Nearly Enough – By Glynn Wilson – The QAnon Shaman of Capitol insurrection fame pleaded guilty to one felony count on Friday and could face two years in the federal penitentiary. Jacob Chansley, a former Navy sailor and alleged actor…
By Isaac Arnsdorf, Doug Bock Clark, Alexandra Berzon and Anjeanette Damon – ProPublica – One of the loudest voices urging Donald Trump’s supporters to push for overturning the presidential election results was Steve Bannon. “We’re on the point of attack,†Bannon, a former Trump adviser and far-right nationalist, pledged on his popular podcast on Jan.…
Sierra Club’s Michael Brune Resigns Amid Accusations of Racism by John Muir – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Buried under the avalanche of disaster news of late — hurricanes, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Covid surge — there are a few important developments in the headlines that most news…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ida is a feminine given name found in Europe and North America, also popular in Scandinavian countries, where it is pronounced Ee-da. The name has an ancient Germanic etymology meaning “industrious” or “prosperous” and derives from the Germanic root id meaning “labor, work.” Clearly the National Hurricane Center,…
Staff Report – Hurricane Ida’s catastrophic crawl across Louisiana inundated miles of roadways and neighborhoods, ripped apart buildings and trapped hundreds of residents who can’t call 911 because service has been knocked out, and cannot be rescued because conditions are still too treacherous to reach them. At least one levee overtopped in lower Jefferson Parish,…
Staff Report – Ida roared ashore in southeastern Louisiana on Sunday as a category 4 hurricane, bringing several feet of storm surge flooding and extreme winds that are crushing the Gulf Coast, according to reporting from the Weather Channel. Reports continue to trickle out of Grand Isle, Louisiana, detailing the disastrous conditions there, where water…
And Other Disasters Facing the Nation and the Planet – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s Déjà vu all over again. Yogi Berra made that phrase famous when he witnessed Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris repeatedly hitting back-to-back home runs in the New York Yankees’ seasons in the early…
Staff Report – Hurricane Ida is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane as it draws closer to the northern Gulf Coast this weekend, where it will bring life-threatening storm surge, dangerous rainfall and flooding, and potentially catastrophic winds and tornadoes on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Ida is currently centered 400 miles…
