I’m not leaving but I’m changing my focus. Will you join me? My reason for being on Medium has never been to make money or to even build a big audience. …

Don’t let climate criminals cover their tracks with euphemisms. We keep hearing that, due to climate change, we can expect an increase in the frequency and severity of natural disasters. That’s a lie. The climate isn’t changing. The climate is BEING CHANGED. Actually, destroyed. Fossil fuel companies, financial companies and…

Social services — that is, actual benefits that go to taxpayers — must be paid for. But tax cuts for the ultra wealthy and military spending — both HUGE expenses that grow all the time are studiously overlooked by alleged “deficit hawks.” I often feel my writing should be by-lined…

I like Medium, but you never know when a commercial platform will turn on you. I’ve just read that yet another publication has been banned from Medium. Backyard Church has disappeared. It’s unclear why. It follows the removal of Coffee Times. …

Who’s warning us about the World Bank? NOBODY in a position of authority sprung into action earlier this month when the IPCC issued its “final warning” for the Earth’s climate and our so-called “civilization.” (Even THAT report — as dire as it is — was watered down by corporate interests…

A look into the future. Short fiction. The interview began. A small group of children wanted to know how they got there. Not where babies come from. Everyone knows that, even though pregnancies are now rare and births are even rarer. …

The Court protects the people who are destroying the planet, and punishes those who try to save it through the system. So, we will bypass the system — and take it down. The Supreme Court and other tools of the corporate elite are rendering the planet uninhabitable. They have demonstrated…

How I learned that the system is hopeless, and that reform from within is a deadly waste of time. Not so many years ago, I was a Progressive. I was registered as a Democrat and, although I thought the so-called “center” was a rubber-stamp for corporate America — similar to…

I’m surprised I’ve dodged the bullet for so long. A little while ago, the City of Philadelphia issued a warning via smart phones, that the tap water is no longer safe to drink. They “recommend” we drink bottled water. …