Tag Archives: politics

WHERE WE ARE NOW

Posted on June 10, 2025 by abroadintheusa

Someone asked me a few days ago if the reason I hadn’t posted a blog update in two months was because I was afraid. Well, yes—anyone who speaks up right now has good reason to be a tad shook, especially … Continue reading →

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Trump, tariffs, and the increased risk of recession

Posted on April 4, 2025 by abroadintheusa

Yes, we’ve all had a good laugh at an administration so incompetent that they announced tariffs on a group of Antarctic islands inhabited only by penguins; and on the British Indian Ocean Territory, whose only inhabitants are the US and … Continue reading →

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FLOODING THE ZONE

Posted on March 28, 2025 by abroadintheusa

In the past few days, we’ve been hit with a deluge of news stories any one of which would have been explosive just a few months ago; but now they’re just part of the daily flood of insanity. Except, when … Continue reading →

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FIRES EVERYWHERE

Posted on March 3, 2025 by abroadintheusa

So, it’s been a minute (OK, nearly 5 years) since I last posted on here; that was in mid-summer 2020 when the Covid crisis was in full swing and Black Lives Matter protests were unfolding in cities across the US. … Continue reading →

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