Bernie's Donkeys: Rebranding Democrats as Sanders' Party (3 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Patrick Walker)
In This Changes Everything, Naomi Klein forcefully argues that our nation suffers a cancer of catastrophic bad timing. Namely, when true progressives (climate, peace, civil rights, and economic equality activists) need to be setting policy, our voices are almost totally marginalized in politics and media. By sheer force of obsessing over it, I believe I've found the absolute best solution to this vexing problem: one based on a precise diagnosis and thoroughly rooted in that diagnosis.As my series title indicates, I believe progressives' best path to power lies in rebranding Democrats as Bernie Sanders' party--a rebranding Democrats (for reasons I'll explain) will vigorously resist. So, my comprehensive strategy includes a 'nuclear weapon'--blackmail based on voting Green in general elections--to force Dems, starting with the most progressive, to accept their rebranding as 'Bernie's donkeys.'  

A Journey onto Unfamiliar Ground (3 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Meredith Ramsay)
         This series is inspired by my need to find meaning in the multiple catastrophes that confront us and for which I have felt unprepared. While all of these crises--global warming, economic recession, racism, for example--have been gathering force for a long time, it was always possible to put them out of mind, telling myself that I'm powerless to do anything, but 'they'll find a solution.'  'They' meaning 'the authorities,' the people we've elected to take care of economic and social problems for us. But they blew it, and they blew it badly.     Two recent events have brutally ripped the scales from our eyes, and the terrifying precariousness of all life has now been exposed. The first event was the sudden appearance of the mysterious coronavirus now sweeping the world; and next was the cold blooded murder of an unarmed black man by a white policeman in broad daylight. The whole world watched as the agonizing atrocity  unfolded, thanks to a graphic video widely circulating on social media. The depth of America's racism was finally exposed in all its depravity, and the world reacted with revulsion. Masses of people have taken to the streets in protest, and nobody knows how it will all end.    I needed to find a way to understand why all of this was suddenly coming to a head, and I needed to find meaning in it, so that I could stop being frozen in place and move forward with purpose. In this series I will share the journey I've taken in my search for meaning, and to share what I have found. I hope that my readers will find something of meaning for them too.            

Constitutional Originalism (4 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Larry Butler)
   What were the Framers thinking? What were their limitations? What would they think if they could see how the founding documents have been captured and distorted by powerful interests?  

Odyssey of the Mind (2 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Joan Brunwasser)

Our Collective Predicament (3 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Blair Gelbond)
   A shift in inner values and an expanded consciousness is needed for positive external social change. How this shift can occur remains to be seen, but will need to occur on multiple levels at once. Fortunately, this change is already underway. However, given the stakes and the initial collapse of many systems,it also must occur as soon as possible. This can be seen as an initiation for our entire species into the next level of maturity.  

One Quarter of a Million Preventable Water Main Breaks Kill Us and Will Cost $1 Trillion in the Next 25 Years (3 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Robert A. Leishear, PhD, PE, ASME Fellow)
       Figure 1: E. coli infections kill 73,000 people in the US every year.       'Water Main Breaks Can Be Stopped - Period!       Every American city suffers from preventable water main   breaks. Every year, 250,000 US water main breaks cost taxpayers $60 billion. To   this day, water main breaks are responsible for E. coli and Listeria infections   along with copper and lead contaminations.    We are misinformed that water main breaks are caused by   cold weather, road traffic, or oldness. Southern cities claim that cold weather   breaks their pipes, where pipes are buried feet underground, and frost lines are   only a few inches deep. Forces from road traffic are woefully inadequate to   break pipes. Oldness does not break anything - otherwise - New York skyscrapers   would collapse.    We have been provided such nonsensical causes for water   main breaks for a century. The time has come to apply science rather than   fiction to stop our water main breaks.    To this end, I proved and published that a phenomenon   called water hammer breaks water mains. When valves, fire hydrants, and water   pumps are operated, repeated high pressure water hammers crack water mains.   Geysers then rip upwards through our roadways, or leaks scour out dirt under   roads to cause road collapses.    Simplified recommendations are available. See 'Water-Main Breaks in Mississippi and Across [the] U.S. Can Be Stopped'   (https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30418/water-main-breaks-in-mississippi-and-across-u-s-can-be-stopped).'  

Successful Marketing for Political Revolutionaries (2 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Patrick Walker)
   It's delightful that a resistance movement of principled progressives has formed under Trump. But will that resistance be doomed its ignorance of--or downright hostility to--political marketing?  

Technology and Learning the truth & the lies (8 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Susan Lee Schwartz)
   Online learning is being sold as a real thing, and used to replace authentic teachers who know what learning looks like in a child, and who enable genuine acquisition of CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS .  

Virginia (3 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Meryl Ann Butler)
     

A Confederacy of Hegemons: The Project for the New American Caliphate (3 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Greg Maybury)
With   the empire du jour embarking on further 'Groundhog Day' military adventures, in   this sweeping three part essay on the post-9/11 geopolitical milieu, Greg Maybury reflects   on how America arrived at this point, what insights might be gained by looking   back in time, and ponders what might have been and what could be.                                                                      Oh,   and who the real enemy might be after all. Depending on your viewpoint, a brave   and/or foolish undertaking. But, he argues, around 50 years after the fall of Saigon, 25 years after the Fall of the Wall signalling the end of the Cold War, and 100 years after the opening salvos of   the Great War to End all Wars (at   least until the next one arrived), Uncle Sam needs all the help he can   get.   

music and culture in general (3 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Marta Steele)
   matters and reviews of classical and other categories of music  

Parades (2 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Meryl Ann Butler)
  

A Revolution (3 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Pal Palsimon)
      A Revolution:  Part I The End Goals, Why and How.    A Revolution: Part II-  Tools at Our    Disposal           A Revolution:  Part III The Devil in Details.         

The Happiness of Nations (2 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Robert Adler)
   Reporting on research into the factors that increase or decrease the happiness of nations.  

Evolutionary Intelligence (1 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Blair Gelbond)
   Evolutionary Intelligence  

Capital in the Twenty-First Century (6 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Thomas Riggins)
  

ForclosureGate (3 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Michael Collins)
Outcome of the scam that stole trillions from tens of millions.  The big banks want everything and they're taking it.  

Gnostic Christianity (2 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Blair Gelbond)
   Gnostic Christianity - Going Beyond the Bible  

Gregg Levoy; Interviews and transcripts: Callings and Vital Signs-- the Nature and Nurture of Passion (3 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Rob Kall)
   A collection of podcasts and transcripts of interviews with Greg Levoy, as well as excerpts from his books.   

Observations on Culture (2 articles.) (# of views) (Created by lila york)
  

Rights of Non-human Beings (6 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Meryl Ann Butler)
  

Jon Stewart for President (3 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Rob Kall)
     

Fighting the McResistance--for Climate's Sake (2 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Patrick Walker)
   This two-part series makes a compelling case that a grassroots anti-duopoly resistance movement must overthrow the Democratic Party's shallow, astroturf 'McResistance' to Trump--or the alternative is climate Armageddon.  

Awakening to the Energy We Call God (3 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Blair Gelbond)
   Awakening to the Energy We Call God  

Monetary Sovereignty (2 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Clifford Johnson)
  

Obamacare-- rob kall articles (3 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Rob Kall)

Fascism in the United States (1 articles.) (# of views) (Created by S E Hamilton)
     

John Taylor Gatto, author Dumbing Us Down and Weapons of Mass Instruction (3 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Rob Kall)
     

Climate's Deadliest HIDDEN Enemy: The Clinton Political Machine (2 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Patrick Walker)
   The   series covers perhaps the most important news story of our day--one completely taboo in mainstream media. It explains how Hillary Clinton's political machine, if unchecked by   climate-activist revolt, will undemocratically crush Bernie Sanders'   presidential chances and will foist on us a candidate, Hillary Clinton,   provably inadequate by policies and character, to address our planet's climate   emergency. Part 1 is titled 'Sanders Correctly Rattles Sabers--at the Climate   Change Enemy'; Part 2, 'Clinton's Updated Tammany Hall: Destroying Democracy   AND Climate Too'; and Part 3, 'Wake Up Zombie, Kick Up a Big Stink.' The first   two parts establish the case for revolt against the Clinton machine urgently pleaded for in Part 3--the call-to-arms finale of the series.  

Sing-A-Long OpEds (5 articles.) (# of views) (Created by John Hawkins)
   In this folder are lampoonish analyses of the days events to the tune of well-known songs.