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    Exposing Trump’s Lies Using Basic Economic Theory

    Exposing Trump’s Lies Using Basic Economic Theory

    By Louise “Lou” Fischer– Donald Trump, our pathological and serial Liar-in-Chief, is the biggest fibber ever to serve as president. According to The Washington Post’s “Fact Checker” that has documented over…

    Rethinking Your Goals During a Pandemic

    Rethinking Your Goals During a Pandemic

    By Brandon Miller, CFP– Recently I got this call from one of my clients: “You’re going to hate me,” he started off sheepishly. To a financial advisor, this is the…

    Commuter Cars on the Cheap

    Commuter Cars on the Cheap

    By Philip Ruth– How are you holding up in this pandemic? Going a little nuts in your home like I am? You probably are, and the somnolence that results from…

    2020 Census: A New Countdown to Be Counted by September 30

    2020 Census: A New Countdown to Be Counted by September 30

    By Andrea Shorter– This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for exercising new and traditional civic duties. By now it should be reflexive that when in public spaces we wear a face…

    My Father the Lifelong Activist

    My Father the Lifelong Activist

    By Stuart Gaffney– My father died last month at age 96. He was a remarkably gifted and talented economics professor, who The New York Times reported “was at the forefront”…

    Coming Out Stories: Heart of a Woman

    Coming Out Stories: Heart of a Woman

    I graduated from Wake Forest University in the 1980s and there I met the university’s first Reynolds Professor of American Studies, Dr. Maya Angelou. I read all of her works,…

    A Case for Representation: Why Diversity Initiatives Fail and Representation Matters

    A Case for Representation: Why Diversity Initiatives Fail and Representation Matters

    By Derek Barnes– The recent death of U.S. Representative John Lewis reminds us of his enduring vision and the work that one individual can pursue to attain a legacy that…

    Summer 2020 in The Castro

    Summer 2020 in The Castro

    Photos by Drew Altizer — This year’s coronavirus pandemic has brought new experiences to us all in ways we never could have dreamed of when 2020 began. The San Francisco…

    Gay Thriller Upon This Rock Tackles Vatican Sex Scandals, International Terrorism, and Refugee Crisis

    Gay Thriller Upon This Rock Tackles Vatican Sex Scandals, International Terrorism, and Refugee Crisis

    By Eric Jansen– “Upon This Rock” is a tangled-web crime mystery set in Italy and Vatican City, with Catholic corruption, hidden homos, suicide, international terrorism, and the refugee crisis in…

    Crossing Our Pettus Bridge: Resisting Trump’s Cruel Summer in the Cities

    Crossing Our Pettus Bridge: Resisting Trump’s Cruel Summer in the Cities

    By Andrea Shorter– Are we there, yet? Have we now entered into the realm of the actual authoritarian state that has been mused about, warned about, and predicted to occur…