I'm a long-time socialist and activist, but new to the blogging world. I hope to bring a different perspective on politics, sports, culture, and Marxism. Besides blogging, I also leave plenty of time for swimming, hiking, ESPN, music, reading, drinking good beer, and, not least, my family and friends. I wish I could play basketball, but my knees ruled out that possibility long ago.
While I currently reside in New York, my politically formative years were spent in Portland, Me. and Detroit during the 1970s and 1980s. I graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia (where I played basketball) and received a MA in economics from the University of Connecticut.
I was the national chairperson of the Communist Party, USA from 2000 until 2014 when I stepped down at the convention. In 2016 I resigned from the Communist Party two years later. We were no longer on the same page.
To refer to the Republicans and Democrats as Tweedle dee and Tweedle dum never made much sense. But at this moment when Trump and MAGA sit atop the commanding heights of our political structures it is, well, really dumb. And…
A weakening bond market forces Trump to make a partial retreat in his tariff war! High tariffs on China will continue and much more modest ones on other countries. Trump has demonstrated that he is an unreliable manager of the…
Trump’s new tariff regime is throwing the national and global economy into a tailspin. His actions and the resulting reactions in the top circles of ruling class demonstrate that Marx and Engels’ observation, “The executive of the modern state is…
