A. J. Fries/Artist

A. J. Fries/Artist

The Incident #1 | 48×60 | oil on canvas *** A. J. Fries | In The Mind of the Beholder   Artist’s Statement This ongoing series started with simple portraits of the toys I remembered from childhood, evoking the nostalgia and celebrating the simplistic...

Our Back Yard: Jim Palombo/Politics

  TRUTH AND TRUST – Through the glass darkly    by James Palombo Politics Editor I was watching the news – democrats and republicans going back and forth about the whistleblower report and the phone call transcript tied to President Trump’s conversation with...

Henry Giroux/Political Commentary

  Depoliticization: Deadly Weapon of Neoliberal Fascism   by Henry Giroux Contributing Writer Increasingly, Americans live in an era in which every aspect of society displays symptoms of political, economic and ethical impoverishment. This condition extends...
Lovers and Fighters/by Con Chapman

Lovers and Fighters/by Con Chapman

Photo by Hermes Rivera on Unsplash *** Lovers and Fighters: Not as Far Apart as They Seem   by Con Chapman Contributing Writer In 338 B.C., a troop of soldiers known as The Sacred Band of Thebes fought valiantly but were vanquished by the Macedonians along with...
Cynthia Karalla’s “Read Rose”

Cynthia Karalla’s “Read Rose”

Read Rose, A work in process *** The Flowering of a Socio-Political Statement Read Rose, by Cynthia Karalla   by Pauline Joelle Reviewer Thousands of pages of the notorious Mueller Report, combined with a variety of recycled materials, give birth to these...