Hey Landlord... Take a Hike! | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Nov. 28, 2017 In 2016, the last time accurate statistics were given, there were over 43 million housing units occupied by renters, up from 3 ...

Empire of Cards | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Nov. 15, 2017 Just finished viewing the final season's episodes of Netflix's House of Cards, based on the British miniseries of the same nam ...

People are Crazy & Times Are Strange | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Nov. 8, 2017 The title's lyrics are from one of Bob Dylan's greatest songs of social commentary, "Things Have Changed." To this writer, the ...

Turning Amerika into America | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhiip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Nov. 5, 2017 First off, for purposes of proper understanding, let us agree that we are an empire, and have been since the end of WWII. Let us ...

Have a Blessed Military Industrial Empire! | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Oct. 24, 2017 You go to the butcher shop and the sweet young cashier gives you change and says "Have a blessed day." You call one of your sm ...

Dead Nation Walking | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Oct. 15, 2017 They have a term for those on death row awaiting execution: "Dead Men Walking." Ditto for a large (too-large) segment of our A ...

Hijacking MY Flag! | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Oct. 11, 2017 As a baby boomer who has seen lots of instances of the empire using MY flag as their own private property, this newest one "ta ...

Children (and Grandchildren) of the Silver Legion | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Oct. 10, 2017 According to Wikipedia, the Silver Legion of America, commonly known as the Silver Shirts, was an underground American fascist ...

We Should All be 'One-Trick Ponies' | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Oct. 5, 2017 Those who read my columns know that I have been concentrating on one vital issue for years: The terribly obscene military spend ...

'Are you living your truth?' | Mickey Z.

CC0 Creative Commons A long overdue follow-up with Susana Santizo-Lanuza It’s a “funny” feeling to have had 12 books published… and to wanna' disown (at least) 10 of ‘em! I was working on one of thos ...

And Violence Begets.... | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Oct. 1, 2017 Having just gone through Part 2 of Mother Nature's Shock and Awe, one can only minutely comprehend what our Shock and Awe carpe ...