The image of the current version of this country around the world is that of a gun-happy, murderous, fascist state in which every weapon is available to everyone who wants to shoot up a crowd. If that perception is correct, why don’t we just get rid of the guns? Protection. Security. Defense. Murder. Suicide. The Second Amendment. Hand wringing. Thoughts and … [Read more...] about Born in the DSA*: Gun Nuts Have Proven Irresponsible and Treacherous. Ban the F@#%&*g Things Already.
Election
Born in the DSA*: Little Donny Dingdong Be Damned**, Let Everybody Vote
Let’s stop cocking around and just let people vote in peace. This will the last post for 2025. I’ll be back in the first week of January. For now, let’s talk about voting. In this meh land of ours, voting has always been restricted. One by one, restrictions based on sex, creed, color, religion, land ownership, and hair color have been removed. Today, what’s supposed … [Read more...] about Born in the DSA*: Little Donny Dingdong Be Damned**, Let Everybody Vote
Born in the DSA*: It’s Time to Sign a New Declaration of Independence
The time will never be more right to create Pacifica, the seventh largest economy in the world, by disabusing ourselves of the dangerous DSA cultists forever. Just sign your name in the comments and join us. When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among … [Read more...] about Born in the DSA*: It’s Time to Sign a New Declaration of Independence
Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 6 — Don’t Talk About It; Do It.
Doing the right thing is always the right thing to do. It’s right there in the phrase. In the new/old world order of Trumpian policy, your arts organization faces the real possibility that, in the face of anti-arts, anti-education, and anti-truth political muckraking euphemistically calling itself “populism,” it will be shut down. The most intelligent thing your nonprofit … [Read more...] about Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 6 — Don’t Talk About It; Do It.
Why Does Transforming a Country of DōnWänüs Take Just as Much Effort Than Transforming a Nonprofit Arts Industry of DōnWänüs?
Is charitable resistance just another instance of the Peter Principle at play at your nonprofit arts organization? It’s election day in the United States. November 5. If you’re not reading this on November 5, then it is not election day in the United States, but it’s likely there is still no real result as yet. Although…who knows? Maybe the country’s citizens either became … [Read more...] about Why Does Transforming a Country of DōnWänüs Take Just as Much Effort Than Transforming a Nonprofit Arts Industry of DōnWänüs?