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Jul 22, 2025
Open Mic: Those Three Little Words—Fraud, Waste and Abuse
Between Elon Musk’s brief, disastrous tenure with the misnamed “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) and the Republicans’ mad rush...
Jul 15, 2025
Open Mic: In Reply…to the Social Security Commissioner
Dear Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano—I received your letter. It looked like an official Social Security Administration (SSA) communique,...
Jul 8, 2025
Open Mic: ‘The P in POTUS,’ a Poem
Make the burnt orange pussy grab himself
in the back of the locker room
where all the other fat cats
are finding...
Jul 1, 2025
Open Mic: Kidnapped by ICE, a Nation of Immigrants Under Attack
Across the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are tearing families apart, terrorizing communities and upending businesses.
The architect...
Jun 24, 2025
Open Mic: Reflecting on ‘No Kings,’ a Protest from the Soul
Shouts and cheers, honking horns, people banging on drums. Oshkosh. No kings—at least not today. I’m with my sister...
Jun 17, 2025
Open Mic: When Going Through Hell, One Needs to Keep Going
People who I meet for the first time around our fine county often look at this face and ask,...
Jun 10, 2025
Open Mic: Without International Students, the U.S. Will Be Poorer
I sat spellbound. The man across the table was relating how he had wrangled his way into a detention...