It may very well be the case that President Biden is bringing the world closer to nuclear annihilation than any president since Kennedy.

If the District Council of Trade Unions isn't given a better deal than what the City of Portland, Oregon currently has on offer, union members have voted overwhelmingly to strike.  The strike is set to begin on February 10th.  In the meantime, I wrote a sing-along for the occasion.  I'll sing it in front of City Hall at 2 pm on Saturday, at the city workers' rally -- come all ye workers and join us!

For this week's winter Wednesday livestream session, we introduce the octave mandolin, and we talk smack about Spotify, NATO, and more.

If you know any military generals or Biden administration officials, please share this song with them.

Joni Mitchell has now joined Neil Young in removing her music from Spotify, and I have some thoughts on the subject.

I was Wes Brain's guest for his weekly radio show, the Brain Labor Report, on KSKQ in southern Oregon this morning.  Here's the show for those of you who aren't in southern Oregon and may have missed it on the radio.

I spent an hour talking with longtime radio host, Scott Harris, about his decades at WPKN in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and much more.

A little analysis from me of global news hotspots and a few predictions about what might be in store for the rest of 2022.

In preparation for next month's trip to Scandinavia, this week's livestream was all about those northerly social democratic lands.

Today for my weekly living room livestream session I got back to playing the guitar -- but it's my new Collings, amplified with a K&K pickup and preamp.