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Hellscape 2020: Year In Review in Words and Pictures

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By Glynn Wilson – EDITOR’S NOTE – You may not see much of this in the mainstream media’s year in review stories, which quite frankly so far have made me gag, literally. And want to gouge out my own eyes like a scene from King Lear. Maybe jump out a third story window. Never fear.…

The Night Before Christmas 2020

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By Glynn Wilson – ‘Twas the night before Christmas 2020, when all through the American house The only creatures stirring were nurses trying to save people from dying of COVID. The stockings were hung on the mantle with care, In hopes of a big shipment of vaccine and a relief check from Santa. The children…

Nation Reaches A Turning Point on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020

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By Glynn Wilson – KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 may go down in history as a pivotal turning point from the darkness of 2020 to the light coming to America and the world in 2021. It would be hard to find anyone to argue with the statement that 2020 was the darkest, worst…

A Fleeting Glimpse of Life Before and After COVID and Trump

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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — For a few minutes on Saturday night life in America seemed almost normal. The red, white, blue and yes orange Christmas lights blinked on and off downtown in this World’s Fair university town. The drinks flowed. Gumbo was served. And a live jazz band…

Trump Tests Positive: Fake News or Karma?

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By Glynn Wilson – Editor-in-Chief – For the past seven months, responsible Americans have endured the psychologically trying times created by the rampaging coronavirus pandemic, by staying at home as much as possible, abiding by the social distancing guidelines recommended by medical experts, staying at least six feet apart from other people, wearing masks when…

Betsy DeVos Has No Plan for Safely Reopening Schools

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By Robert Reich – Trump education secretary Betsy DeVos is heading the administration’s effort to force schools to reopen in the fall for in-person instruction. What’s her plan to reopen safely? She doesn’t have one. Rather than seeking additional federal funds, she’s using this pandemic to further her ploy to privatize education — threatening to…

What America Needs is Another Seabiscuit

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson –  What America needs is another Seabiscuit. What lifted the United States out of the Great Depression in the late 1930s? Was it government spending on the Civilian Conservation Corps that hired out of work laborers to build the national parks and other government programs? Was it a…

When Life Becomes A Rerun With An Applause, Laugh Track

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson –  It’s not clear whether the predominant view of the universe is that life imitates art, or if more people think art imitates life. There’s not been a Gallup poll on that, far as I know. Chances are it’s both anyway. But for the sake of argument on…

Rudyard Kipling’s ‘If’ – Advice in a Time of Crisis

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Editor’s Note: “If—” is a poem by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), written circa 1895 as a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. It is a literary example of Victorian-era stoicism. The poem, first published in Rewards and Fairies (1910), ch. ‘Brother Square-Toes,’ is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet’s son,…

While Trump Rushes to Reopen America, Covid-19 is Closing in on Him

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By Robert Reich – Donald Trump said last Thursday’s jobs report, which showed an uptick in June, proves the economy is “roaring back”. Rubbish. The Labor Department gathered the data during the week of June 12, when America was reporting 25,000 new cases of Covid-19 per day. By the time the report was issued last…

There’s Not Much Time Left to Plan if We’re Going to Survive

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson –  BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, N.C. — We don’t have much time. It’s addicting in our newly evolved human condition to stay focused on the fast breaking news of the moment, the sensational clickbait. From day to day, we bounce back and forth from one crisis story to another.…