WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
Marble Falls The thing to remember about power, is that even when you have some, it’s critical to remember that it’s never absolute, because there are always limits. This lesson is being taught, even if not learned, between the White House and the Congress, as well as globally with Trump’s fiasco in Iran. …
Pearl River This is a story of the blindness of revenge when politics punishes people. Because a central player in this tragedy is Trump and his endless, extreme, and irrational capacity for revenge, it is a contemporary drama. The surprising stage for this play is Rio Blanco County in the far northwestern corner of …
Marble Falls Back in the USA, Trump continues to court chaos, which was hardly a surprise, and largely bereft of even a hint of rationality. He’s obsessed with his narcissistic capitol city makeover. The reflecting pool was always a $14 million, no bid, boondoggle, and done with so much ineptness that the paint …