Coronavirus Originated in Wuhan Market – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes you might see news outlets playing catchup with each other on an important story by citing another news outfit. We all feel a responsibility to provide our unique collection of readers, our audience, with certain information. Even…
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Putin Constitutes the Gravest Threat to Democracy and the Planet Ever
In Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, the World Finds Hope – The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. — The fight to save democracy and the planet is coming to a head. It may very well come down to whether Russia’s dictator-president Vladimir Putin lives or dies. If he lives, within days we…
As the World Turns Toward Autocracy, A Chance to Turn it Around Toward Democracy
When the News Gets Weird, the Conspiracy Nuts Turn Pro
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” – Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971) The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. — When the news gets weird, the conspiracy nuts turn pro. It was Twosday, 2-22-22, at 2:22 p.m., 22 hours ago according to Facebook, when…
Havana Syndrome Clearly Caused by Directed Energy Weapon
Will the American People Be Told the Truth About Who is Responsible? By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The mysterious Havana Syndrome, called an “alleged set of medical symptoms with unknown causes experienced mostly abroad by U.S. government officials and military personnel,” is so mainstream now that it has its own Wikipedia page. So…
Time Flies When You’re Having Fun: New American Journal Celebrates Eight Years Online
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…
Lessons from Frederick Douglass and John Brown: Lock Trump Up!
Another Big Chance to Slay the Elephant in the GOP Room: Codger Power
Joe Biden Says China Will Eat Our Lunch: Are Americans a ‘Silly People’ Devolving into Tribalism?
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.…
The Big Picture: On Winners and Losers
“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…
Creating a Blank Slate With Snow, the Year of the Tiger and a Federal Court Ruling with Implications for Climate Change
The Big Picture: Who Do You Trust for News?
Corporate Seditionists Are No Better than the Seditionists who Attacked the Capitol
Guest Column – By Robert Reich – Capitalism and democracy are compatible only if democracy is in the driverâs seat. Thatâs why I took some comfort just after the attack on the Capitol when many big corporations solemnly pledged theyâd no longer finance the campaigns of the 147 lawmakers who voted to overturn election results.…
We Must Protect Our Democracy and Restore Function to the Senate
The Fundamental Lesson from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday Reader and Photo Essay: What If Wildlife Could Vote?
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. – What if the wildlife could vote? I don’t know if the white-tailed deer would be Republicans, Democrats or independents. Would the bucks be conservatives and the does and fawns liberals? Would the male and female Northern cardinals argue about whether the federal government should…
One Year After Jan. 6, 2021: If Democracy is to Survive, Trump Must Be Tried and Convicted for Insurrection
Photo Essay: Snow Shots in the First Blizzard of 2022
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. – We are not going to let a few inches of snow prevent the mission from going forward to âpreserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.â A…
Trapped in Washington, Snowed In Turns to Iced In
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The pictures of a snow covered landscape look pretty and peaceful on Facebook (see more pictures below). But when a massive winter storm dumped 6-12 inches of wet, heavy snow all along the Eastern Seaboard on Monday, and the mercury dipped into the teens…