Part 2: This Labor Day – Remember Who Invented The Weekend
A Thumbnail Opinionated History (Continued from Sept. 2): Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal soon gave up on trying to enlist…
Articles by Albert Vetere Lannon
Part 1: This Labor Day – Remember Who Invented The Weekend
A Thumbnail Opinionated History Work is what built this world, work done by workers, sometimes for themselves, but more…
Pima County Bringing In Hacks And Bullies To Sow Confusion And Misdirection
A tried and true method of deflecting attention from something those in power don’t want seen is to create diversions,…
Arizona History: The 1917 Bisbee ‘Deportation’ Of Striking Miners
With the controversy today about immigration, it might be worth remembering that, on this date 101 years ago, mine owners,…
Open Letter: Is There A Cover-Up Of The World View Explosion Report?
On December 19, 2017, a hydrogen balloon exploded at the World View Spaceport built by Pima County taxpayers at a…
Comments From The Chemo Couch – The (Other) Nation Next Door
I am always amazed at how little most of us know about the First Peoples to populate the Americas. Perhaps…
Comments From The Chemo Couch: The History We Don’t Talk About
If you have driven around Saguaro National Park’s western unit you have probably seen signs for the Ez-Kim-In-Zin Picnic Area. Maybe…
Washington Agrees: Chuck The Huckelberry Highway! (April Fool!!)
As an active opponent of the Pima County Administrator and Arizona Dept. of Transportation’s plans to run a new highway,…
Comments From The Chemo Couch: A Story Of Immigrants Not Often Told
They came to America as immigrants fleeing poverty and starvation. They were cursed for their accents and for their religion. …
Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert – Feel Good Fun With A Great Message
Some of the best, and lowest cost, theater around is at Pima Community College’s West Campus. The Theater Arts Program…
Academy Award Nominations: ‘Deplorables’ Come Into Their Own
I haven’t watched the Academy Awards for years now, just not enough interesting films. In fact, I watch very little…
Comments From The Chemo Couch: Regulating Crony Capitalism
I know many ADI readers oppose government regulation of any kind. They believe that regulation stifles free enterprise and individual…
Comments From The Chemo Couch: Class, Race, Gender, And The Offensive Language Of Power
WARNING: RATED R (LANGUAGE) Words can hurt. They can inflame, they can wound, they can lead to violence. Often we…
Bronson Wilting From Heat – You Can Help Turn It Up
It may just be coincidence that two days after I filed a formal complaint with Pima County Board of Supervisor’s…