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Sep 2, 2025

Art Works: How Dialogue Changed My Mind

I used to think it was preaching to the choir. But the truth is the choir needs to be preached to—and, as importantly, grown.  That’s what recent letters to (and from the editor) of this publication have reminded me. In the back-and-forth of voices, I saw that art is not...
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Aug 5, 2025

Open Mic: Inept Reps, Reflecting on Whom We Elected

It might be fun, just for a sec, to talk about what we U.S. citizens should expect from the...
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Jul 29, 2025

Open Mic: Nukes Need Global Oversight

Humanity has a serious nuclear weapons problem. We have created a weapon that is so powerful that it poses...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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