Mike Johnson appeared blasé over concerns that Donald Trump is using his presidential power to help line his pockets, arguing that, unlike Joe Biden, the president does ‘everything out in the open.’ —— The Independent, May 25, 2025 1 This
Donald Trump Is a Socialist
Last week, Donald Trump threatened Apple with a 25% tariff if it failed to move production of the iPhone to the United States. In so doing, he revealed himself as a socialist. Socialism is generally defined as “a populist economic and
So Kind Of Like You Know I Mean
Beaton: Hey there, podcast and transcription land, welcome to Gab Talk. This is Fayer Beaton, your host. With me in the studio today is Ed Head, Mayor of our beloved Nossexville. Your Honor, what would you say are your principal
I Don’t Even Want to be a Friend: A Recollection
1 A girl named Emily, who sounded austere when she spoke in the high school social studies course we were both taking, made a point one day of walking with me to my next class. “Are you looking for a reader?” she said. It happened I was. We
Words That Betray Us, Politeness That Offends
Words and phrases that corrupt meaning slip into common parlance the way bacteria infiltrate the body. They can impair how we think and reason. Similarly, polite phrases can be messages of expectation that can, instead, frustrate and
Minority Within a Minority
Back around 1971, the parents who ran the Guild for Fairfield County’s visually impaired students, in Connecticut, arranged for a group therapy session for six high school students, including me. Each of us was the only blind student in our