By Butch Freedman This has been a miserable 14 months for our country, no doubt about it. All of the institutions and norms of democracy have been under attack by the far-right…
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BUTCH’S BLOG: Where’s Karma When We Need It?
By Butch Freedman I used to think that karma was real, that, in the end, people got what they deserved based on their life actions. Some folks might think of that as…
BUTCH’S BLOG: The Good Stuff
EDITOR’S NOTE: What’s your “good stuff?” When it all seems like it’s just too much, make a good stuff list, the good things … what’s on your list? Please share your good…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Bring Back the 60’s—an addendum
By Butch Freedman “…and its 1,2,3 what are we fightin for? don’t ask me i don’t give a damn, the next stop is Vietnam, and its 5,6,7 open up the pearly gates….
BUTCH’S BLOG: Bring Back the Sixties
By Butch Freedman “Far out, groovy, outasite, you’re trippin’, stay high and fly.” I think I made that last one up. But it fits. We had our own language back then, we…
BUTCH’S BLOG: What Could Have Been . . .
By Butch Freedman Trigger Warning: This column may make you sad—or worse. I can’t get this question out of my mind: What would our world be like if Kamala Harris had won?…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Operation Epic Insanity
By Butch Freedman Petey Hegseth is probably responsible for the insipid naming: Operation Epic Fury. It fits his tough guy stance. A better naming would have been Epic Fail or Epic White…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Ten Ways to Keep From Going Insane in Troubled Times
By Butch Freedman One: Quit reading the news scrolls. The news* will only depress you. And mostly there’s nothing you can do about it. (*EDITOR’S NOTE: This does not apply to the…
BUTCH’S BLOG: A Sick Man
EDITOR’S NOTE: Butch sent this to the Pioneer yesterday, February 27, 2026, before the bombing of Iran by the United States and Israel, adding to the list of mis-deeds by the “sick…
BUTCH’S BLOG: A Sad Clown
By Butch Freedman I didn’t watch the ‘state of the union’ address. Bev and I never even considered it. We knew it would be awful and ugly, which by all accounts it…
