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".
Coyocan Trump’s idea of a Christmas present for his base is a dozen Tomahawks fired from a Navy ship in the Gulf of Guinea, striking two Islamic State camps in Nigeria’s Sokoto State. Supposedly, the rational for this action in Africa is a story being pushed by his Christian nationalist base that the Nigerian …
New Orleans When you think about cowboys, you have to be careful how you apply this to the White House. There was Ronald Reagan, riding a horse on his California ranch. We had George W. Bush cutting brush for fun and exercise on his Texas ranch. They were both one kind of wannabe …
Marble Falls Four years of war in Ukraine over the Russian offensive is without a doubt four years too many. Peace is essential, but at what price? There are now headlines about various negotiating initiatives seeking to achieve peace, although with very limited transparency over the details, and many that have emerged look …