Staff & Contributors

The Personal Question At 6 P.M.: “Are You Healthy Enough For Sex?”

Ed Raymond

Politicians such as Ted Cruz state the same-sex marriage decision “is some of the darkest 24 hours in our nation’s history.” Tell that to the 700,000 lesbian, gay, and bisexual millennial parents who are happily raising adopted children.

Can The Vatican Hold Up The Entire Sky?

Ed Raymond

“It is conservative men making damn sure women get punished for failing to keep our legs together… for daring to pursue intimacy and sexual pleasure on our own terms and without their permission…we don’t want to be pregnant and (they are) denying us

A Sex And Marriage Manual

Ed Raymond

Both the Bible and the Quran are loaded with heavy breathing sex, whether it is about the 1,000 wives and concubines of Solomon or the ISIS (Islamic State) interpretation of sharia law when it comes to rape and sexual intercourse with captives

Lower Animals Kill To Live, Uppermost Animals Kill To Dominate

Ed Raymond

And the savagery used by all sides is a reminder of all of the horrible things Uppermost Animals have used against each other for all time. The Middle East is now a Muslim holocaust. The question of who has the bigger God has not been answered yet.

Best of Times, Worst of Times

Ed Raymond

Many young people are waving goodbye at the passing American Dream because they can’t afford higher ed and crushing oppressive debt. Some politicians admit that many working graduates cannot afford to buy homes and cars and must live with parents

Animal Friends and Enemies

Ed Raymond

So out of our thousands of species, what is the mass killer of the humans that are killed each year by species on earth? Sorry to say, other humans kill 1.6 million of their own species in an average year, so we are the most dangerous to our friends

A Man For All Seasons

Ed Raymond

Many people felt that the election of a mulatto president in 2008 signaled that the problems of white on black racism was over. After living during Jim Crow days and before civil rights legislation for three years in the South, I knew it wasn’t

What We Have Accomplished In Six Million Years

Ed Raymond

Why does the VA have 41,500 medical personnel vacancies including 11,985 nursing positions? Ask one of the 535 members of The Best Congress Money Can Buy. His answer should be interesting.

Geez, Why Is The 99 Percent So Upset?

Ed Raymond

Why does the VA have 41,500 medical personnel vacancies including 11,985 nursing positions? Ask one of the 535 members of The Best Congress Money Can Buy. His answer should be interesting.

A Man Who Had Plenty Under His Hat

Ed Raymond

“Envision your brain, its billions of impulsive neurons, tendrils entwined, connected up in electrical circuits, elaborate glial scaffolds shoring up these circuits, like electrical tape.

Corporate Cultism

Ed Raymond

Corporate Cults And The Industrial Revolution: It Ain’t Over Until It’s Really Over

Whatever Happened To Wendell Berry’s Adage About Being Downstream Or Upstream?

Ed Raymond

Our Student Debt Is At $1.2 Trillion—And One-Third Of Our Student Debtors Are In Default—Welcome To Higher Education In The Richest Country In The World

Buffalo Bill and Death

Ed Raymond

We still don’t know specifically why we age. Over 200 years ago humans were lucky to see 30. The philosopher Montaigne wrote this in the 16th Century: “To die of age is a rare

Bruce and Caitlyn and Friends

Ed Raymond

Esther Jenner, 89: “He’s A Very Good-Looking Woman. I Loved Him With All My Heart—And I Certainly Love Her With All My Heart.”

Blue and Red States

Ed Raymond

What’s Worse Than Being A Young Black Transgender Without Green In Red Religious Georgia?

Blue Crayon

Ed Raymond

From Black Space To Bright Blue Earth: A Fragile Thin Lin

Moral Capitalism

Ed Raymond

The World Slave Trade Was All About Money—And That Is What The Tobacco Industry Backed By The Chamber Is All About – Free Enterprise Green

Capitalist Fracketeering

Ed Raymond

The Shady Role Of The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce In The Business Of Fracketeering

Is This Why God Gave Us Fingers?

Ed Raymond

A Lifetime Of Prejudice, Discrimination, Religious Nonsense, And Scientific Ignorance

Climate and Sexuality

Ed Raymond

“The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth. In many parts of the planet, the elderly lament that once beautiful landscapes are now covered with rubbish.

We Live In Exciting Times….A Writer’s Dream

Ed Raymond

The Week’s Exciting News About Transplants And Dementia

American Medicine

Ed Raymond

Most people have been exposed to about ten viruses. This test may be used to determine at what age most children tend to get viruses so that vaccinations may be scheduled near that time.

Dreams and Nightmares

Ed Raymond

I have always been a faithful reader of Lloyd Omdal’s columns because he can pick a problem apart and submit a reasonable solution with a dollop of humor without preaching

Blood Moons and Blood Days At The National Rifle Association Corrals

Ed Raymond

What happens after our next four blood moons? Billy Graham’s daughter Anne Graham Lotz described what could happen after the next bloody eclipses: “Institutions will collapse. Banks will close. The Stock Market will plunge.

“If You Don’t Know Where You Are Going…”

Ed Raymond

Here’s a guy who can’t even find the road to the fork. This amendment had to be part of other “stoopid wimmin” bills sponsored by Republicans in almost every state. How did Schaefer get elected to anything? Only in Texas—and Wisconsin.

Hot And Cold Showers For The Dirty Hapless Homeless

Ed Raymond

“Look at the world today. Is there anything more pitiful? What madness there is! What blindness! What unintelligent leadership!

The Great Mystery

Ed Raymond

How Our Brain Is The Epicenter Of Our Universe

The Ugly Poor In Our Brave New World

Ed Raymond

Ten years ago a United Nations study reported that the United States had the highest rate of child poverty among all OECD (Organization for Economic and Cooperative Development) countries

The Planet’s Tower Of Babble

Ed Raymond

King George greeted Lindbergh and immediately pounced on him: “Now tell me Captain Lindbergh, There is one thing I long to know. How did you pee?”

Prisons Of The Mind And Body

Ed Raymond

A few years ago conservative Republic judges on the US Supreme Court chastised their liberal counterparts for citing foreign legal cases in their written opinions because courts in other countries had nothing intelligent to offer American jurispruden

Imagine Being Gay In Grassy Butte Or Willow City

Ed Raymond

How Do Religions Get From Genesis To Mortal Sin When God Has Created Everything?

Christian Taliban

Ed Raymond

Even the last holdouts for male domination in the Western Taliban, the Roman Catholics and some of the Protestants created by Vatican policies and myths, are beginning to crack.

It’s Time To Sharpen The Pitchfork Tines

Ed Raymond

“I don’t see democracy working./ I don’t see capitalism working./ I don’t see our culture working. I see the infighting and culture wars. I see continual fights on social issues. I see no hope for the unemployed. I see no hope for the middle class

Animal Speech

Ed Raymond

“If we could talk to the animals,/ learn all their languages/ I could take an animal degree/ I’d study elephant and eagle/ buffalo and beagle/ Alligator, guinea pig, and flea

Religion and Science

Ed Raymond

It has come to pass that when a minority religious group rules a majority religious group disaster will occur.

Truth: Do I Kill The Guy With The Rifle - Or Ask Him To Tea?

Ed Raymond

Americans do admire the military. Respect for every other major entity in modern life, the media and press, courts, particularly the Supreme Court, big business, organized religion, and The Best Congress Money Can Buy has gone below the charts.

Good Old Country Love

Ed Raymond

If you really want to find out what Republicans think about Obama, just Google “The Pretty Damn Exhaustive Obama Nickname List.” I’ve been collecting comments on Obama for the years he has been in office.

Soaking The Sands, Streets, And Oceans With Blood

Ed Raymond

President Obama said at the National Prayer Breakfast not long ago that ISIS is “a brutal, vicious death cult” but had no monopoly on violence. Then he seemed to upset a whole gaggle of politicians with these truths

Is Vulture Capitalism The IED That Blew Up Democratic Capitalism?

Ed Raymond

Winnie: “The Message Is That Rising Inequality Is Dangerous And Bad For Growth And Governance”

Animals - Our Cousins

Ed Raymond

Some religious leaders say that without God there would be no morality.

Horse Apples And Constant Watering

Ed Raymond

“If his IQ slips any lower, we’ll have to water him twice a day.”

Gitmo, The Salt People, The Yanomami, The Reindeer People, And Us

Ed Raymond

So far, paleontologists say our early ancestors learned how to control fire over a million years ago. Modern man took over from the Neanderthals about 40,000 years ago if the scientists are right

The Cacophonous Cauldron Of Common Core

Ed Raymond

The whole Common Core mess reminds me of the three witches in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” tossing strange ingredients into a boiling cauldron to place charms on a man who kills to become King of Scotland

Cuba 2015 It Cudda Been Our 51st State!

Ed Raymond

A political philosopher many years back dropped this gem about Washington: “You can lead a man to Congress but you can’t make him think.”

The Architect Of Iraq, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, And Dark Sites Around The World

Ed Raymond

President George W. Bush turned the “War on Terror” over to Vice President Dick Cheney, who actually had ended up picking himself as Bush’s vice president.

So This Is A “Culture”?

Ed Raymond

What is a culture? Right-wingers like to acclaim the myth that America is an “exceptional” country—the “shining city on a hill” and all those wonderful, marvelous cultural images.

To Congress: How Do You Control 21,415 Miles Of Our International Border?

Ed Raymond

But how did thousands of illegals from all over the world, but particularly Mexico and Latin America, find out about jobs in these six plants?

The Evils Of “Religious” Politicians And The To To Be—Or Not To Be—Is A Fascinating, Tough Question

Ed Raymond

Every day we learn more about death, whether it’s from old age, disease, accident, murder, war, religion, suicide, or just being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The Evils Of “Religious” Politicians And The Growth Of Human Savagery

Ed Raymond

The Guardian columnist John Gray has written a fascinating, provocative article, “The Truth About Evil.” He argues that leaders fail to accept the fact that brutality, cruelty, and conflict are basic human traits—and flaws.

How Well Has Our Ancestor The Ape Moved To Master Of The Planet?

Ed Raymond

The midterm elections were all about who voted “with black Obama 97 percent of the time” and “we have to take the country back.” No one exactly spelled out what they were taking it back from.