Averaged out across all 19.75 million Australians aged over 18 (based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data), this is more than $12,000 per person! $25.8 billion was spent on racing ($1,340 per capita) $181.4 billion was spent on gaming, like casinos and the pokies ($9,419 per capita) $11.6 billion on sports betting ($603 per capita)
View This Article →

So, for awhile, we rest, we recuperate, we recover… eventually, hopefully, we heal. But we do not forget the true nature of those who would support the most corrupt, morally bankrupt individual who ever stepped foot in the White House. The cycle of domestic violence — of democratic violence — doesn’t stop until we make it stop. That begins with remembering what happened and resolving to never allow it to happen again.
View This Article →

One night, as I reached to turn off the bedside lamp I thought, You need to pack, to be ready to leave. Why haven’t you done it already? I told myself there was no sense getting started on it then, I could do it in the morning. But I lay awake for hours, making lists in my head -- what to pack for me, for the kids, for the cats.
View This Article →

Remember when the USA was a country people could rely on for help? World crises brought an immediate response. I remember seeing cargo planes full of medical supplies, food, and shelter delivered to people in trouble. Now? Not so much. In fact, as far as I can tell, not at all unless the orange pustule can use it as a bargaining chip.
View This Article →

Dear John, I mean Don, I am breaking up with you.  I am not a hater as you and your people like to call me. Years ago, when I was in elementary school, one of my teachers told me that when you say you hate...
View This Article →

If you were looking for the Vice Presidential Debate to be more honest, substantive, and civil than last week's Trump Show, bless your heart. You really don't know politics, do you?
View This Article →

It has been months since I put pen to paper for iPinionSyndicate and I can no longer blame COVID-19. At first, it was the societal restrictions which gave me good reason for a disturbance of routine and an excuse for a lack of productivity. Life...
View This Article →