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Shocking as this moment is, none of us should pretend we weren’t warned. When Donald Trump installed Pete Hegseth — a television provocateur whose public record is soaked in belligerence, booze, and culture-war performance — as America’s Defense...

Today it was revealed that American military forces conducted a "double tap" strike on an alleged drug running boat on September 2d. They hit the boat once, killing some and disabling the boat. However, there were survivors. They hit the boat again to...

The word occult comes from the Latin occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to "knowledge of the hidden" 🌑 🌕 🌕 *This group's aim is polite philosophical debate* 🌑 KosAbility: Remembering wilderness voice by...

The recession of 2008 hit some states earlier than others, and the state we'd moved to seven years before was one of them. Oregon fell on hard times, my husband was laid off and he & I were struggling to juggle part-time jobs with caring for two young...

When court-assigned prosecutor Peter J. Skandalakis dismissed Georgia’s election-interference case and justified his decision by claiming that “reasonable minds could differ” about Donald Trump’s conduct — and that therefore Trump was “entitled to the...

I posted this essay on my site yesterday, and the response/comments have been amazingly moving to me. I’m not sure if it works as a DK diary, but I’m going to repost it and see what you think. Here goes! ~ I read this troubling, illuminating, and...

This is just...beneath pathetic. As reported by Chris Cameron and Maxine Joselow, writing for the New York Times: The Trump administration will raise prices and add new fees next year for international tourists visiting national parks, the latest...

James Dean in Rebel Without A Cause, Tony of the Jets gang in West Side Story, The Fonz in Happy Days, and dozens more: we just love stories with bad boys … as long as they’re not too bad. A hint of danger, a dollop of cockiness, and a soupçon of...

This week I'll discuss the Lovers card of the tarot major arcana. Most people are pleased when this card appears in a reading and it's easy to see why. A beautiful, peaceful scene of two people in ...

Critters seem to be able to rest in the strangest places. yes he is asleep, ...