by Stephen Wing | Oct 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
1. Let All the Rookies Win! New Leaf Distributing Co., 1997 – Once again I’ve been asked to vote in a popularity contest called “Rookie of the Year.” I guess if I were a devotee of the popular religious cult called Sports, choosing one new...
by Stephen Wing | Sep 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the beginning was the forest. The Earth had gone through eons of dramatic change in order to grow a forest, but when humans first appeared on the scene, the African forest was home. And it was good: the forest provided everything they needed to live and raise...
by Stephen Wing | Aug 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello, old friend! Thank you again for your warm hospitality, and for sharing your thoughts on some issues that divide us and so many others. Sadly, conversations like that are all too rare. I appreciated your honesty and openness, and left the next day with much to...
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...
