The Big Picture

The Big Picture: On Winners and Losers

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“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…

The Big Picture: Who Do You Trust for News?

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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…

The Fundamental Lesson from Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson –  WASHINGTON, D.C. — I’ve got to write this fast. So listen up. A massive winter storm named Izzy is on the way from the west, or really swirling in from the southwest. When did they start naming winter storms like hurricanes? Anyway it will hit this afternoon…

Sunday Reader and Photo Essay: What If Wildlife Could Vote?

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The Big Picture -  By Glynn Wilson -  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…

Photo Essay: Snow Shots in the First Blizzard of 2022

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The Big Picture -  By Glynn Wilson -  WASHINGTON, D.C. – We are not going to let a few inches of snow prevent the mission from going forward to “preserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.” A…

Trapped in Washington, Snowed In Turns to Iced In

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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…

The MoJo Road Less Traveled: Another Revolution Around the Sun

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson –  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Well — a “deep subject” haha — on this first day of 2022, the good news is we made it on another revolution ride around the Sun. The million dollar question now is: What less traveled MoJo road stretches out ahead in this journey…

A Christmas Carol for Peace on Earth and Goodwill to All in 2021 and 2022

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The Big Picture –  Story and Photos By Glynn Wilson –  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Merry Christmas from the New American Journal, no matter how you celebrate the holiday — or whether you celebrate at all. While Christians around the world celebrate Christmas as an annual festival commemorating the alleged birth of God’s son Jesus, we…

Winter Solstice 2021: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

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Do not go gentle into that good night – Dylan Thomas, 1914-1953 Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning…

The Last Thing We Need is Another Day Which Will Live in Infamy

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – No one should aspire to being in a state of infamy. Yet it seems human beings have a genetic predisposition to end up there whether they plan it or not. On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl…

Happy Holidays from the New American Journal

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson –  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahh, did you have a nice break curled up on the couch watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on NBC? Or did you spend too much time arguing with relatives about politics while stuffing your face and drinking too much? For me, it was…