Lake Stoney, Ontario Maybe it’s not even news, but once again, yet another judge and jury has found rightwing scammer James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas guilty. It’s a drumbeat that won’t stop. They paid damages to ACORN employees in California who they hurt. O’Keefe and his confederates were found guilty for their office tampering in …
Category: Personal Writings
Student Loan Debt Relief – Hell, Yes!
Marble Falls I’ve been trying to follow the ping-pong ball back and forth on arguments about the Biden administration’s one-time student loan relief program of between $10 and $20,000 for eligible borrowers making less than $125,000 a year and Pell Grant recipients. Some are arguing this is a middle-class welfare program, increasing inequity. …
Fair Grinds, Thanks for the Memories
New Orleans October 15, 2011 was our first day running Fair Grinds Coffeehouse in New Orleans, the only 100% fairtrade coffeehouse in the city. The name, we inherited with the sale, was a mashup of fairtrade coffee, and the fact that we were only a couple of blocks from the Fair Grounds horse …