by James Fite | Dec 3, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
It’s that time again: Funding for the federal government was set to run out Friday night, December 3 – and with it, the extension on the national debt limit. So once again, Congress put all other concerns aside to wrangle over the federal operating budget, lest the...
by James Fite | Sep 24, 2021 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Written in 1947 by Merle Travis and made famous in the 50s by Tennessee Ernie Ford, the song “Sixteen Tons” evokes the hopelessness of one stuck in the vicious cycle of brutal labor and crushing debt of the pre-OSHA coal miner. Travis’ father, a coal miner himself,...