Phil Butler

As an American, it’s hard to admit things are not as they seem. Democracy, that ideal we were taught as children to worship, it turns out to be only a fancy idea. Like all the other noble, fancy, ideas in history, the illusion of true freedom makes these edges of our existence warm and safe. Even while we live in a deadly...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 is transforming our world from top to bottom, and inside out. People are terrified. We’re coping in very individualistic ways, and collectively, with a moment unique in modern history. A viral infection is causing a political, economic, and human breakdown worldwide. Where the virus originated, how it spread, and who is ultimately responsible...

The United States is being called out for her hypocrisy now. The world has finally caught sight of an American dream turned into a nightmare. The so-called leader of the free world, President Donald J. Trump looks for the world like a fascist hoodlum from 1930s Italy or Germany. The coronavirus pandemic set the stage, and now the real “force” of devastation...