To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Observercast

Too Old?

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According to the latest Wall Street Journal poll, over 70% of all Americans think Joe Biden is too old to be running for reelection as president. What is so striking about the poll is that only 47% said the same thing about Donald Trump, who is just three years younger than Biden. Why the big […]

Justice For A January Day, At Last

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WASHINGTON – Enrique Tarrio, leader of the extremist Proud Boys, came to the federal courthouse to be sentenced for seditious conspiracy [and other counts] committed on Jan. 6, 2021. The violent Trumpist Proud Boys were first to march to the Capitol, even before former President Donald Trump sent the mob of thousands to assault police […]

The Day The Planet Started To Win

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The people are revolting [in the very best meaning of that word]! An inspiring example of people rising up against a trifecta of economic, cultural and political oppression has just come to us from a community of seemingly powerless people living in a very isolated place. Long exploited, lied to, disrespected and robbed, they revolted, […]

Enbrel Makes The List

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The U.S. government last week released the list of the 10 medications that will be the first to be the subject of the new price negotiations under the Medicare reform bill, and my arthritis drug, Enbrel, made the list. To make the cut, you either had to be taken by millions of people, like Eliquis, […]

In Trump They Trust: Bread And Circuses

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WASHINGTON – An ancient Roman poet foresaw former President Donald Trump as a deposed ruler raging to regain power: in a famous line, with “bread and circuses.” Master satirist Juvenal poked at corruption in Rome’s leaders. Yet he also aimed his pen at the people, who lost their right to govern the proud Roman republic. […]