Our Back Yard

Our Back Yard

Binghamton Visitor Bureau Photo *** Our Back Yard   The Earth is rich with treasure. We are fortunate to have had the opportunity to mine a bit, and time and again to have hit pay dirt. In addition to the people whose works appear in the links below, there are...

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...
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...
The Age of Jackals/Henry A. Giroux

The Age of Jackals/Henry A. Giroux

*** Let’s Shut Down the Authoritarian Machine   Summary: In an age of fascist politics, we must fight the emergence of apocalyptic nationalism and racist authoritarianism. “We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in...