A Homecoming for a Hero: Why Super Bowl LX Should Be Dedicated to Jim Plunkett
As the eyes of the world turn to Santa Clara for Super Bowl LX on February 8, 2026, the festivities will sit just seven miles from the streets of East San Jose—the very place where one of football’s most resilient souls began his journey. While the Lombardi Trophy remains the ultimate prize, this milestone game offers a unique opportunity to honor a man whose life defines the “San Jose Way”: Jim Plunkett.
How ICE Became the Face of Domestic Control
In the winter of 2025, the American urban landscape began to shift. It wasn’t just the increased presence of white-and-blue transport buses or the hum of surveillance drones over residential neighborhoods. It was the fundamental transformation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) into a domestic paramilitary force. As the Trump administration enters its second year, the line between immigration enforcement and general civil policing has all but evaporated.
In the city where the silver fog descends, A “cunning, baffling” ghost begins its reign. Where every steep and narrow street extends, There lies the heavy, sweet, and ancient chain. A populace in shadow, bent and bowed, Beneath a sky of gray and digital gold, While through the Tenderloin, a silent crowd Surrenders to a story centuries old.
In 2003, George W. Bush defined the American character through PEPFAR, framing the fight against AIDS as a “work of mercy” and a moral “calling” for a blessed nation. This initiative brought the “light of a new day” to those in the shadow of death, using American power not for geopolitical gain, but for the preservation of human life. By saving over 25 million people, it established a “star in the universe” of humanitarian achievement that stabilized entire continents through the simple, profound act of empathy.
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“Just how blind will America be? The world is on the edge of its seat Defeat on the horizon. Very surprising that we all could see the plot And still could not…”
Gil Scott-Heron Winter in America
There are three kinds of lies, as the old saying goes: lies, damned lies, and statistics. But it takes a particular brand of scoundrel—the kind who wears a suit of grievance and a hat of hollow pride—to take a perfectly good percentage and stretch it until it snaps the neck of the truth.
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The hallway smells of bleach and a heavy, quiet finality. Today, the echoes of barking have softened into a rhythmic, hollow thrum.
The Good Boy’s Last Walk: The leash clicks. My tail gives a reflexive thump against the concrete. For a second, the old hope flares up—is this the car ride? The park? The “forever” they whispered about when I first arrived? Continue reading
The focus on Venezuela’s resource wealth extends far beyond its vast oil reserves. The mineral Coltan, known in its refined form as Tantalum, represents a critical strategic vulnerability for the United States, placing Venezuela’s Orinoco Mining Arc squarely within the Pentagon’s defense planning.
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When hateful rhetoric spreads, whether online or offline, its damage extends far beyond the direct victims. We find that hate speech fundamentally threatens the bedrock of society—community cohesion. It actively works to fracture social relationships, erode shared democratic values, and deepen existing societal divisions, making it one of the most common ways of spreading divisive rhetoric on a global scale. This is why international bodies, including the United Nations and UNESCO, view the fight against hate speech as critical to advancing peace, human rights, and sustainable development. Continue reading
Before the headlines about OxyContin, before the fentanyl crisis took over the streets, and way before the Sackler family became a household name, America was already battling a massive opioid beast. We think of the opioid epidemic as a modern tragedy, but the blueprint was written over 150 years ago, right in the smoke and blood of the Civil War.
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