Top illustration by Tim Forkes Lately I’ve been binge watching the critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire. I’ve written about it before (kudos to creator David Simon),  I forget when

Top photo of the Crystal Pier in San Diego by Tim Forkes The Return of Reality On Dec.11 the U.S. Supreme Court delivered on what President Donald Trump called “Then Big

The top photo is a C-SPAN YouTube screenshot of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez I am always amazed by the commitment New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has to the working class. While

Top photo is a YouTube screenshot of President-Elect Joe Biden https://youtu.be/n0-LhNSUqjo We are still waiting … The entertainment surrounding this election continues. Full disclosure: I’ve been watching MSNBC almost exclusively over the

Top photo by Tim Forkes Sitting here on Wednesday morning, November 4, 2020, I’m wondering how the Democratic Party got it so wrong about Florida and Texas. How did the

Top photo is a YouTube screenshot of the second and final presidential debate (https://youtu.be/bPiofmZGb8o) How many days until Election Day? Seven, according to the calendar. A week until we start seeing

Top photo created by Tim Forkes from CDC photo and YouTube screenshot of President Trump https://youtu.be/wW1lY5jFNcQ “Proud Boys — stand back and stand by. But I'll tell you what. I'll tell

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic here in the United States we have heard the term “the new normal.” Interesting term, but we should consider this reality: the

Today is the 19th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon and the failed attempt that crashed in Pennsylvania. On that day