Politics, Arts and Culture in Flyover America
The Populist as an Endangered Species
Who speaks for the American people? By Bill Martin Politicians of all parties and platforms want to be perceived as a man (or woman) of the people, wearing the cape of the populist crusader, speaking truth to power and fighting for justice on behalf of “the common man” against big corporations, powerful banks, and the…
Cataclysm: A New World Emerges
John Conlee’s new novel, “Catalysm,” is about how we deal with radical change. It envisions the aftermath of a catastrophe of uncertain origin and scope in the near future in the Black Mountains of southwestern New Mexico, and when the actual cataclysm occurs on the second day, the survivors, who emerge from a cave, have…
The Space Program We Never Knew
By Dennis Myers Los Angeles Times/July 20, 2019: “The Apollo program’s stunning technical success depended on a culture of strong government leadership, industrial organization, a tolerance for risk and a political environment that do not exist today — even as NASA has insisted it will land humans on the moon in the next five years.…