One of the myths the far-right keeps perpetuating is that the January 6 events were not that bad. Why? If they were, why has nobody been charged with insurrection? …
If you have ever asked yourself, when did diets begin? You can find the original Banting diet online. It is named after Willam Banting who was very successful in losing a lot of weight and keeping it off. He went to see a doctor, who today would be an Ear…
American media has finally noticed the existential threat to American democracy. CNN has run a few special reports, for example. They cover familiar ground and serve as a good introduction. They do lay out some of the complexity in our present moment. The danger to American Democracy is the Big…
The other day I had an epiphany on Medium while having a conversation with a fellow reader. Weight loss is an act of self-love and it sticks only when your reason to lose weight…is you. Many of us engage in this journey for a myriad of reasons: Health, the upcoming…
The mantra of the right, as they continue to gaslight their base, is that January 6 came from security failures and Democrats. There is the inconvenient truth that Mitch McConnell was the Majority Leader in the Senate, and equally responsible for security. …
This is an adventure meant for first to third-level characters. This is a one-off adventure that can be played as a one-time game, or serve as an adventure seed in an ongoing campaign. The background is generic for that reason. It is supposed to be done in one game session.
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As I started to watch the remembrance for Democracy day…it should be named this way, the anger, and yes fear, of that day has welled back up. I know how fragile our democracy is. What we watched that day was a frontal attack on our system of government. It was…
We are quickly coming to the anniversary of an attempted coup. The fact that a large number of Republicans has no issue with what happened. Or worse, they believe it’s justified, is a bad thing. With a third of Americans questioning the legitimacy of the Joe Biden presidency.
Welcome.
This journey starts at some point for all of us.
For you, it may be the first of the year. It’s a common resolution. For some, the pandemic 15 has become the pandemic 30, 40, 50, or more. It’s ok. For whatever reason, you decided that it was time…
Update: since I was told in the comments section that many facts are not the case, here are the facts. As to the Nixon administration. Technically correct, this did not follow impeachment. It was a plan to create a conservative media, before impeachment. …
