If Bela “B.S.” Suhayda wants to call me a communist, I suppose that’s his prerogative. Personally, I prefer the term socialist; it’s more intellectual in meaning and is closer to what I philosophically believe. Be that as it may, I am curious about the expression “leftist communist”. Does that mean
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda We crossed over the Austrian/Hungarian border having successfully evaded Soviet border guards, snipers, and land mines a little more than a month before our arrival into New York harbor January 7, 1957. We traveled two weeks crossing over the small pond called the Atlantic, a body
Musings: •The Sins of Donald J. Trump (chapter 20).” He has: Signed an executive order declaring the production of glyphosate to be critical to national security and should be increased; Posted on his Truth Social website an image of himself as Jesus Christ; Planned to fire 9,400 TSA agents as
From the vault (June 26, 2014, revised): It’s no secret that I’ve been opposed to every military adventure in which the United States has been engaged in, from Vietnam to Afghanistan – and now to Iran. If I had been politically aware in 1950, I would have been opposed to
Recently, Donald Trump, the man who would be king, floated a proposal which would increase the Pentagon’s budget by 50%. The Department of Defense’s slice of the overall budget is already the largest slice, and Congress does not seem to think that it is not enough and keeps on shoveling
Musings: •The Sins of Donald J. Trump (chapter 19). He has: Laid the foundation of putting his name on the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, complete with imaging and a slogan; Appointed Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk, to the board of the Air Force Academy, which
From the vault: March 2, 2017 (revised): Dear readers, I am hereby officially announcing my intent to run for the office of President of the United States of America in 2028. I have thought long and hard (about five minutes) concerning this decision, and I have concluded that it is
If you have followed the recent Winter Olympic Games, dear reader, you will have noted that Murphy’s Law had been highly at play, if anything can go wrong, it will. There were several accidents, both indoors and outdoors, equipment malfunctions, and unwarranted costumes and/or decorations. Some of the medals awarded
Musings (special edition!): •The Sins of Donald J. Trump (chapter 17). He has: Sought to re-name Penn Station in New York City to “Trump Station” and Dulles International Airport to “Trump International Airport”; Floated the possibility of a fourth term in office; Threatened to block the opening of a bridge
From the vault, October 16, 2014: A great essay is worth repeating. This piece was originally titled “How I Learned to Stop Chewing Tobacco and Take Up Smoking” and appeared in the 1969 edition of the Wings of the Dawn, Aurora College’s (now Aurora University) annual student-writing competition. It garnered
Musings: The Sins of Donald J. Trump (chapter 17). He has: Sent an “armada” to Iran in order to “protect” the protesters of the Ayatollah Khameinei regime; Created a “Board of Peace” which would replace the United Nations by the members of the Trump family, making him essentially the “King
Musings: •Heyyy! The Commie dude comin’ atcha after a brief hiatus. Are ya ready for a fresh batch of antifa s**t. Well, y’all come to the right place, dude. Hang on to yer undies! I fully expected the B.S. dude to respond to my essay on the socio-political remodeling of
Musings: •The Sins of Donald J. Trump (chapter 14). He has: Announced the revival of nuclear testing; Advised the Republican Party to end the filibuster in the Senate in order to deny the Democratic Party control of the government forever; Dispatched three military aircraft to El Salvador without the approval
From the vault, June 12, 2014 (revised): School shootings. Assaults on minorities. Government troops in the streets. Congressional gridlock. Inflation. The list of societal woes goes on and on. How many times, dear reader, do we speak about the “good old days” when life was simpler, people were more civil,
Musings: •The Sins of Donald J. Trump (chapter 13). He has: Authorized the CIA to conduct operations in Venezuela as a first step toward ousting Nicholas Madura from his presidency; Paused “lower-priority” Army Corps of Engineers projects in “blue” cities and states and may end them altogether; Threatened to declare
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Look out workers at The Voice. If ”The Chas” Coddington had it his way, he would take the paper and make it an employee-owned and operated state publication. He would then have you work for The Voice as an employee for wages he would determine for
From the vault, September 6, 2018 (revised): In a previous essay, I declared that capitalism was the worst economic system ever devised by the minds of men. It has engendered greed and corruption on a massive scale and is diametrically opposed to democracy, i.e. the wealth of the few vs.
From the vault: July 18, 2022 (revised): He has quartered large bodies of troops among us. He has protected them…from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these States. The above are two of the reasons inscribed in the Declaration of Independence that the United
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda The “Chas,” as Charles Coddington refers to himself (in the third person is a quirkiness that defines him better than any combination of words could ever describe. I’ve only known one other person with this affliction, and he, just as Charles, was full of “it.” But
Musings: •The sins of Donald J. Trump (chapter 11). He has: Removed three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission in order to gain control of the agency; Weakened the guidelines of the National Environmental Protection Act, ignoring climate change and environmental justice, and slashed public participation; Ordered NASA
