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From The Editor

It has been two months since we shut Progressive Democracy down for remodeling. It was hoped then that the new version would be ready to roll at the beginning of May. We’ve made it that far and… the project is not yet done. Hence what we have here this month is an intermediate stage (the caterpillar on its way to becoming a butterfly).

Two Birds with One Stone

by Bob Gerecke

Let’s take the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment seriously.

"The Killin'"

Poetry
by Wanda D. Campbell

Cost of Free Riding

by Merrill Ring

Hit yourself hard in the pocket – repeal Obamacare.

Moments succumb beneath the hands of clocks

Poetry
by Olimbi Velaj

Is Our Regulatory System Working?

by John Grula

The continuing story of how a private utility giant in California gets away with illegal activity, including destruction of evidence thanks to a cozy relationship with the state agency supposedly regulating it. Publically owned companies are the answer.

Reforming Our Version of Capitalism – Is It Possible?

by Bob Gerecke

Have we reached the tipping point where corporations and the wealthy have acquired permanent power, where we are helpless to make changes in our economic system for the common good?

Our Pride

Poetry
by Mzwandile Matiwana

Submission Guidelines

Having developed far enough to expand our ‘stable’ of writers to those not on the TAIPD board or connected thereto and so to ask others to submit appropriate material for publication here, it is important to develop and explain guidelines.

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