by Stephen Wing | Jun 29, 2025 | Blog
So what’s the point of belonging to something that includes everyone with a bellybutton? Every summer several thousand folks converge in a National Forest somewhere in the United States to answer that question for themselves. At the end of an hour’s hike into the...
by Stephen Wing | Jun 1, 2025 | Blog
Dear reader: Last week I rented a janitor’s uniform and rolled a recycling bin into the editorial office of a large, left-leaning publication (which will go unnamed if they meet the deadline on my ransom note). I pushed my broom around the floor, collecting discarded...
by Stephen Wing | May 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Federal Election Campaign Act outlaws campaign contributions from foreigners. But since the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling opened the floodgates to unlimited anonymous “dark money,” how can that rule be enforced? No one knows how many rubles the...
by Stephen Wing | Apr 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
The autocrats, plutocrats, theocrats, kleptocrats and other sworn enemies of democracy, both foreign and domestic, have joined forces in an all-out offensive. We have no choice but to do the same. Angry voters have driven Congressional Republicans into hiding. A...
by Stephen Wing | Mar 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Here I am in Asheville, five months after Hurricane Helene ravaged my favorite city, finally getting away for a few days to join the ongoing relief efforts of my friends at Grassroots AID Partnership. Unfortunately, I haven’t missed my chance to help out. But that’s...
