San Angel Karl Marx has been famously quoted as referring to religion as the opiate of the masses. His point being that religion, offering a future, better life in the by and by, narcotized people to endure the difficulty of their lives and work, rather than rising to demand change in the here and …
Washington Post Goes All Bezos Against Food Stamps
San Angel Before the election in 2024, the normally moderate to liberal Washington Post, had its editorial independence eviscerated when its owner, Amazon-billionaire Jeff Bezos, blocked their endorsement of Harris and mandated the editorial policy move towards business and the right. Regular readers might still find hope in the general willingness of the editorial …
Fighting Air Pollution House to House, Community to Community
Mexico City I’m not saying that air pollution has not gotten better in many parts of the United States, because it has. I can remember the brown air from the inversions in Denver that hurt your eyes for days in the 1970s. I can also remember visiting New York City in the same decade, …


