Last year, 5,283 American workers were killed on the job. They died in fields and factories, in construction zones and warehouses, on highways and hospital floors. When you add work-related illnesses—cancers, respiratory diseases, long-term exposures—the toll soars to over 140,000 lives lost. That’s more than the population of a mid-sized American city, wiped out inContinue reading “Labor Day Is Not a Holiday. It’s a Battle Cry.”
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Wake Up! This Is Not Normal, or Acceptable!
Imagine if President Barack Obama had governed the way our current president governs today. Picture him dismantling the federal workforce by executive order, stripping away civil service protections without a vote of Congress. Imagine him directing the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute his political enemies, or attempting to fire members of the FederalContinue reading “Wake Up! This Is Not Normal, or Acceptable!”
The Great Dismantling: How the 47th President Is Waging War on Knowledge, Labor, and Democracy
Let’s chat about smaller government, and bigger damage for a moment… The 47th President’s war on workers, educators, and civil servants isn’t about efficiency but eliminating resistance. Since returning to the office in January 2025, the 47th President has launched a sweeping effort to dismantle the very foundations of American civil society. The stated rationaleContinue reading “The Great Dismantling: How the 47th President Is Waging War on Knowledge, Labor, and Democracy”
Fixing What Wasn’t Broken
The 47 Administration claims it’s rescuing the economy from Biden’s failures, but the numbers tell a different story. You’ve probably heard it by now, over and over again: “We’re fixing Biden’s mess.” That’s the constant refrain from the 47 Administration as it seeks to frame the current president’s policies as a needed course correction afterContinue reading “Fixing What Wasn’t Broken”
The Tools That Made Us: A Tribute to Labor, Craft, and the Sacred Right to Build
Long before steel beams or silicon chips, before cities rose or engines turned, we learned to shape the world with six simple tools. The lever lets us lift the impossible. The wedge gave us the power to split wood, stone, and history. The wheel and axle carried us forward, first across fields, then across empires.Continue reading “The Tools That Made Us: A Tribute to Labor, Craft, and the Sacred Right to Build”
My Heart Had Heart Surgery Today.
So, I sat today while my heart of hearts had her heart worked on. There’s no sense of being old(er) like awaiting news on your partner, lover, friend, wife…life. I walked the halls of the hospital and got a coffee. I sat on an outside roof area and looked into the valley of the cityContinue reading “My Heart Had Heart Surgery Today.”
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” – African proverb
As 2021 comes to an end, I’m very excited to welcome yet another new year. You’d think, having done this some 60-plus times before, it would begin to look a little same-same. Thankfully, with each new year we all get a chance to start fresh… the beginning of new promises, resolutions, and life decisions. ItContinue reading ““If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” – African proverb”
Are you the bud or the thorn?
When “She Who Must Be Obeyed” and I first “took to housekeeping,” as it was said where I come from, our first home was a small brick ranch. You know it. You may have lived in one yourself. But, even if you have not, you have certainly been in one. Just in case, let meContinue reading “Are you the bud or the thorn?”
The Traditional Sounds of Christmas
On any number of occasions, I have been known to say that God did not make me handsome, so he gave me a voice. As the story is told, and always by me, while waiting in line to leave heaven, bound for earth where I would soon be born, Our Lord took one last lookContinue reading “The Traditional Sounds of Christmas”
Blessed Winter Solstice, and Welcome to Christmas Week!
This morning at 5:02 EST, with a silver slice of Sister Moon Shining brightly, Brother Sun stopped and stood completely still momentarily directly over the Tropic of Capricorn south of the equator. At that moment we welcomed this year’s Winter Solstice. Brother Sun now begins his long journey back to the north. Here at FallingContinue reading “Blessed Winter Solstice, and Welcome to Christmas Week!”
Why Eye Write 