Heerlen I broke my personal boycott of Starbucks in the Amsterdam train station at Schiphol Airport, partially in desperation after an overnight flight running for the train, partially because I didn’t have a choice since it was between the ticket counter and the track, and mainly because there was encouraging news that the company …
McConnell as the Last Man Standing
Heerlen On the train from Amsterdam to Heerlen, I saw the alert. Super-duper Republican conservative and US Senate tactician, Mitch McConnell from Kentucky will step down at the of this term as Republican Majority leader, the longest serving in history. Normally, there would be dancing in the streets back in the US of A, …
Shield Laws and Grassroots Providers
New Orleans In the wake of the Roe v. Wade reversal under the more recent Dobbs decision by the Supreme Court, the forces for women’s right to choose versus the anti-abortionists are playing out politically and in other ways throughout the country. Politically, it’s a hot button issue that has even red states …


