Author: Alex Symington

Actively engaged human being distressed by the current global paradigm of destruction of the planet for short term profit by the global corporatocracy and the bovine reaction of the people most affected. I write essays and poetry in order to sleep at night. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More Articles by Alex Symington Prior to November 2014.

The DNC’s Epic Fail

by Alex Symington……. I, like millions of other good people in this dubious democracy, woke up November 9 to the news

White Privilege

by Alex Symington……. I was checking out my Facebook feed and came across a photo/meme of a young white woman

OIL

by Alex Symington……. The ongoing protest of the Bakken Oilfield pipeline by Native Americans in North Dakota is especially significant

Post Primary Blues

by Alex Symington……. I made a pact with my self that I would reserve judgement on the POTUS candidates until after

Roseburg Redux

by Alex Symington……. Back in October 2015 there was, yet again, another shooting spree in Roseburg, Oregon. In exasperation I

Thoughts on Hillary Clinton

by Alex Symington……. Because I express my views, I must expect opposing views. That is only natural. For most ideas

Reality TV

by Alex Symington……. I’ve tried to remain silent, hoping Donald Trump would finally say or do something so outrageous that

Guns

by Alex Symington……. I don’t know about you, but I am so damned tired of this topic of debate I

Zombie Questions

by Alex Symington……. Did you ever wonder what’s behind the psychology of the “Zombie” genre? You know, that scenario of

Fascism or Populism?

by Alex Symington……. Last week I voiced my suspicions that deceitful and misleading pronouncements are being passed off as gospel