by Ken Sehested | Aug 28, 2020 | Opinion
Kindred, the news is bleak. For we live in the valley of the shadow, when: The stock market reaches record-breaking levels amid near record-breaking rates of unemployment 1% of U.S. citizens , while the bottom half is saddled with more debts than assets The median...
by Ken Sehested | Aug 21, 2020 | Opinion
Who would have thought that Mr. McFeely could be the flashpoint of a fierce struggle for the preservation of democratic institutions in the U.S.? Of course, Mr. McFeely, the lovable deliveryman and avatar for our nation’s postal carriers on “Mister Rogers’...
by Ken Sehested | Jul 24, 2020 | Opinion
Important news often goes unnoticed in an attention-deficit-disordered culture, exacerbated by a news cycle that feels like a gerbil on a spinning wheel track. Taken together, in just the past few weeks, six dramatic actions on slowing ecological disaster are worth...
by Ken Sehested | Jun 26, 2020 | Opinion
I will likely be considered antiquated, maybe maniacal, even apoplectic when I say we in the United States (with derivative outbreaks elsewhere) are under the spell of the demonic. Of those who worship death’s malicious craving, specifically the sacrificial scalp of...
by Ken Sehested | Jun 2, 2020 | Opinion
U.S.-China relations have deteriorated dramatically in recent months. Once an outspoken admirer of Chinese President Xi, President Trump is now laying much of the blame for the COVID-19 pandemic at China’s door, further exacerbating the preexisting conflict over...
