June 7, 2019 By Mickey Friedman I thought by now the manager would have pulled me. My knees hurt. My sign is old. I’ve been demonstrating longer than Dustin Pedroia has been playing second base for the Sox. I began…
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Democracy. Now.
May 25, 2019 By Mickey Friedman Ten employees of Amalgamated Gizmo jointly purchase a lottery ticket. Which turns out to be a winning ticket worth a million dollars. The ten winners meet at Guiseppi’s Meatballs & More to decide how…
Department of Justice, Not
Mickey Friedman May 10, 2019 According to the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (O.L.C.) “the indictment or criminal prosecution of a sitting President would impermissibly undermine the capacity of the executive branch to perform its constitutionally assigned functions.”…
We’re Full
Mickey Friedman April 29, 2019 To the surprise of many in Wyoming and Utah, where you can see for miles and never catch a glimpse of another, the President announced the country is full. Taking credit for renovating part of…
All Together Now
By Mickey Friedman April 15, 2019 While the President claims collusion victory, and his Department of Justice attempts to destroy the Affordable Care Act and render healthcare completely unaffordable, now is the time for all reasonable Americans to come together…
The Broken Promise
By Mickey Friedman March 29, 2019 When Donald Trump announced for President he proclaimed: “Save Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security without cuts. Have to do it.” Then he explained: “Get rid of the fraud. Get rid of the waste and…
Perseverance, Pot, and Parking
March 18, 2019 By Mickey Friedman In the hope that perseverance furthers, again. I live in an apartment in downtown Great Barrington. There’s a zoning bylaw that exempts landlords from having to provide parking for their tenants. And because we…
2019: The Economy, Stupid
By Mickey Friedman March 3, 2019 I am always amazed when the President and Republicans and multi-million dollar TV commentators talk about how great the economy is. It reminds me of the influential book by Michael Harrington, “The Other America.”…
More Faster
By Mickey Friedman February 16, 2019 Like the soon-to-be profusion of pot shops here in my used-to-be Best Small Town in America, my world, our world, changes more faster than ever. For the good in small ways, but the very…
The Two Way Wall
Mickey Friedman February 1, 2019 I get it. Nobody wants to admit we’ve been conned. I’ve been cheated more than once by friends. So if you know someone who voted for Trump, who stood there chanting “Build The Wall”, giddy…
Hope Hall
January 17, 2019 Mickey Friedman Tis the season we count our blessings. I’m most grateful for “Artworks” and “Hope Hall.” Because here in Great Barrington wishes really are horses, and we have a stampede. A veritable GB Jamboree. We best…
Treatment
By Mickey Friedman December 26, 2018 If there’s something more dangerous than PCBs, it’s dioxin. It’s about 8,000 miles from EPA Region 1 headquarters in Boston to the Danang air base in Vietnam. I wish it was closer because the…