Mike's Blog Round Up
"Frederick Douglass" by George Kendall Warren. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
July 5, 2026

Mock Paper Scissors: Happy Independence Day.

First Draft: A tale of three dollars.

Hullabaloo: Trump, accidentally correct, and still a menace.

Tom Engelhardt: The American way of war, war, war.

Roosevelt Institute: The good life agenda.

This Modern World: Swamp creature.

This installment by Batocchio. E-mail tips to mbru AT crooksandliars DOT com.

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