Brent Anderson Art
The art of Brent Anderson
Governor Gavin Newsom arrives in Europe and ROASTS foreign leaders for “rolling over” for Trump because he’s a “T-Rex” and they need to “stand tall, stand firm, stand united” against him. It was time for some tough love and Newsom brought the heat… “I can’t take this complicity of people rolling over. I...
Defining Wants and Needs – Common interest versus common necessity “I want that.” “I need that.” Our current system caters to the privileged few and disadvantages many in providing the needs and wants of everyone. For well over sixty years, the error our consumerist society has collectively made has been to...
A Living Democracy A living democracy gives every individual voice the chance to speak and, more importantly, the opportunity to be heard by the group. Without access to the megaphone, a person who speaks addresses an empty room. Denying this megaphone to some while granting it to others kills democratic equity and equality in a...
The Senate on Wednesday blocked a resolution that sought to force the President to seek congressional approval for any U.S. military action related to Venezuela. support for the administration’s procedural maneuver to kill the resolution came when Sens. Josh of Missouri and Indiana flipped their position and joined the effort to stop it from coming...
The sign on Kristi Noem’s podium reads “One of ours, all of yours.” What it means is that one of “our” people is worth all of “your” people. The question is, who is “us” and who is “you?” The sign on the podium also gives the DHS website, so it’s reasonable to conclude that “us”...
‘Editor, Press Democrat: Jon Duffy wrote that Donald Trump’s arrest of dictator Nicolás Maduro lacked “judicial process, international authorization, collective defense (and) congressional consent …” (“With attack, Trump cut last restraints on presidency,” Jan. 11). This retired Navy officer is wrong on all accounts. The judicial process was acted upon since a legitimate warrant for...
Leadership in productive firms are staying, while leadership in mature firms and hedge fund managers (who don’t produce jobs or products) want to leave. Let them.
Agents approach a car at a gas station, seeking out the immigration status of the driver and demand he open the door. “Let me see your warrant! If you don’t have a warrant, get the fuck away from my car.” When he doesn’t, they break the window of the car and remove him, while...
Connect the dots on campaign finance ecosystem In America money means undemocratic authoritarian power. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Billionaires are societally corrupted by the wealth they accumulate and hoard, as are wealthy politicians who inflate the costs of running for elective office in building massive “war chests” of non-refundable...
An Immodest Proposal introduction An Immodest Proposal Author’s note Moving into the future with any sense of progress or expectation of productive improvement is extremely difficult in today’s world. If I can’t find within myself a future I can abide, there is no future. The ends do justify the means, even if the...
