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They Told Us to Write
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — August 1, 2026 An instruction from power During the years of the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, political institutions opposed to the Bush administration circulated explicit guidance to their own supporters. If you disagreed with the direction of the country, the guidance said, you should write. Among…
When Process Replaces Responsibility
Cliff Potts, CSO, WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — June 30, 2026 Modern institutions rarely fail because they lack procedures. They fail because procedure is mistaken for responsibility. Over the last several decades, organizations have become exceptionally good at documenting what they did while becoming increasingly detached from whether those actions produced meaningful outcomes.…
The Devil's Guest List: Epstein's Bill Comes Due
By Cliff Potts, CSO and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — February 27, 2026 (Dispatch from London) I’ve dispatched our man in London—let’s call him Carl, because why not?—to cover a Twiggy look-alike contest. You know, the kind where skinny models parade around pretending it’s 1966 all over again. Harmless fluff. Or it was supposed to be. Then the Epstein files…
The File That Wouldn’t Stay Dead
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — February 25, 2026 This concerns the continuing release and fallout surrounding the Epstein files. I have covered riots, hurricanes, and one city council meeting that required a police escort and three aspirin. None of them behaved like this file. This file refuses to die. Every time someone declares it…
Manufactured Brokenness
How Systems Create Failure — Then Blame the Wounded By Cliff PottsEditor-in-Chief, WPS News The Comforting Lie of Personal Failure We talk about “broken people” as if they simply appear—malfunctioning individuals who failed to work hard enough, plan well enough, or want success badly enough. This framing is comforting. It absolves institutions. It keeps power clean. It turns structural harm…
What To Do If an Institution Asks to Meet With You Alone
Institutions — including government offices, nonprofits, utilities, financial entities, and regulatory bodies — sometimes request private, one-on-one meetings with individuals or business owners. In many cases, these meetings are routine, professional, and legitimate. But when meetings are repeatedly requested behind closed doors, without agendas, without clarity on who will be present, or…
Clergy Abuse, Church Reform, and Accountability
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen Publication (Outlet/Website): The Good Men Project Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/07/06 Rev. Dr. John C. Lentz Jr. served over 30 years as Lead Pastor of Forest Hill Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Known for passionate preaching, community leadership, and a commitment to justice and compassion, he profoundly shaped the Church’s mission…
The Fragile Shield: How the Assassination of JFK and the Attempted Killing of Donald Trump Reveal a Broken Secret Service and a Nation in Denial
When the Shield Fails, the Nation Bleeds Presidential security in the United States is treated like sacred armor—impervious, prestigious, and implicitly trustworthy. The public assumes the Secret Service, with its dark suits and earpieces, is omniscient, omnipresent, and invincible. But history shatters that illusion with brutal consistency. From Abraham Lincoln to Donald Trump, assassination…
