A Surviving Facts blog New Year’s Eve— the end of one year and the beginning of another— is my least favorite day of the year. I have my reasons. It’s not really a new year. Before the Romans, ancient societies built the calendar around the rhythms of the moon. A year was supposed to beContinue reading “A horrible, awful, terribly no good year.”
Tag Archives: wealth inequality
A losing equation
A Surviving Facts blog Sometimes I wonder if loss ever goes away— the feelings of loss at least. Loss is such an amorphous and capricious emotion. It can be as trivial as the loss of a sweater on a trip or the loss of something profound— a job I held for 24 years. About thatContinue reading “A losing equation”
Yep, They’re Still Assholes- Part 2 of original blog
A Surviving Facts Blog Forgive typos— I’m having a moment. I wrote this original blog a few months ago before billionaire greed moved more into the spotlight. Recently, Billie Eilish, Rachel Maddow and Steve Colbert have all chastised the billionaire bros— Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk— for their greed. Billie and Rachel, both accepting awards for theirContinue reading “Yep, They’re Still Assholes- Part 2 of original blog”
Health care crisis
A Surviving Facts Blog We are in the sixth week of the government shutdown. With both parties refusing to budge— and a lot of false rhetoric about who’s doing what— it’s likely that the shutdown could become the longest in history. This shutdown hits me personally. I get my and my daughters’ health care “onContinue reading “Health care crisis”
Band of Billionaires
A Surviving Facts Blog I have never been a conspiracy theorist. I don’t believe in an evil government cabal led by one political party (statistically, what are the chances?) with the intention to suck blood from babies. While a sect of the far right has claimed democrats are “all” child molesters, the only trend I’veContinue reading “Band of Billionaires”
Walk the Moon 