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UNDERSTANDING PUTIN - It’s Women’s History Month and in an act of unthinkable atrocity, Mad Vlad Putin is indiscriminately killing women and children across Ukraine. Men, too, of course. 

LIBERTARIANISM - Over the past half-century, libertarians have played a critical role in the ever-growing war against governmental nonsense.

IMMIGRATION WATCH - Why are so many employers struggling to find workers right now?

GUEST COMMENTARY - Russian President Putin has claimed that he ordered the invasion of Ukraine to "denazify" its government,

FUEL CRISIS - The war in Ukraine should serve as a clarion call to kick our addiction to fossil fuels and speed the transition to a fossil-free future.

THE DOCTOR IS IN - To My Fellow Americans: 

OIL DEPENDENCY - Climate campaigners worldwide called out major oil and gas companies this weekend for fueling conflict around the world, including Russian President Vladimir Putin's ongoing war in Ukraine, and demanded a shift to renewables.

WAR & DEMOCRACY - The attack on Ukraine focuses the mind on a most critical question for humanity:

THE VIEW FROM HERE - Being honest is something we avoid.   This is not at a time when we need be honest whether Heidi Abramowitz was fat. 

GUEST COMMENTARY - Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was certainly not a surprise and has unambiguously exposed the West’s weakness.

LOCKED AND LOADED - Last August, only a week after Onnie Brown had moved into a rust-colored, ranch-style home in Phoenix.

GUEST COMMENTARY - Wanting to express my inability to do anything about man’s self-destructive inclinations manifested in the drum-beating leading up to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and the subsequent suffering of its people, I cast around for great anti-war imagery. 

GUEST COMMENTARY - Supreme Court Justices were appointed for life under the assumption that these were righteous men. 

THE DOCTOR IS IN - Vladimir Putin? Not a fan. Xi of China? Not a fan. Kim of North Korea? Not a fan.  

TRUCKER PROTEST - Amidst pictures of the new war in Ukraine, the U.S. is anticipating photos of truck convoys arriving in the Washington D.C. area, protesting many issues including vaccine mandates.

AIR TRAVEL - If you’re heading to heaven, you really should fly out of Palm Springs.

GUEST COMMENTARY - I still remember the poster on the wall at Bell Gardens Intermediate School back in 1987: “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” 

GUEST COMMENTARY - Photos of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) are circulating online as a side-by-side profile in courage.

GUEST COMMENTARY - I almost never cease to be stunned by the white racist violence of the U.S.-American criminal justice system.

COMMENTARY - War has begun in Ukraine and where it heads next is uncertain.