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Abortion Bans Are About Power Not Piety

Abortion bans, similar to rape and sexual assault are not about sex and procreation -- they are about male dominated power. But women are not helpless. Time to "fight fire with fire".

2023-06-07T01:40:13+00:00June 7th, 2023|Comments Off on Abortion Bans Are About Power Not Piety

When Did “Representation” Become Extinct in Representative Government?

When did the elected representatives of this nation stop being servants and become our overseers? When did the thrust toward consensus building end and continuous confrontation become the obligatory norm in our public life -- dominated by most extreme voices at both ends of the political spectrum?

2023-05-19T21:54:35+00:00May 19th, 2023|Comments Off on When Did “Representation” Become Extinct in Representative Government?

GOP House Caucus Should Fire George Santos

George Santos sitting in the House of Representatives is a national crisis. Generic “Congress” enjoyed a measly 21% approval rating in January 2023 public opinion polls -- after a 15 ballot whooping of the new Speaker of the House. Who -- in their right mind -- believes the House of Representatives, specifically the GOP House

2023-02-10T23:54:07+00:00February 9th, 2023|Comments Off on GOP House Caucus Should Fire George Santos

The Student Loan Debate Is Just Beginning

President Biden's Executive Order (EO) forgiving up to $20,000 of student debt for past borrowers is not a solution to a $1.6 Trillion student debt problem. It is the fulfillment of a campaign promise blatantly intended to bring more "grateful" young voters to the mid-term polls this November. Young voters are traditionally not a significant

2022-08-28T02:02:14+00:00August 28th, 2022|Comments Off on The Student Loan Debate Is Just Beginning

Let’s Not Talk Ourselves into a Recession

Recession – what recession? Even before the sun rose in Silicon Valley Thursday morning, the US Department of Commerce announced second quarter 2022 GDP had contracted at an annualized rate of .09%, the second consecutive quarter of negative growth – a traditional signal of the start of an economic downturn – a (dreaded) recession, if

2022-08-01T20:21:31+00:00August 1st, 2022|Comments Off on Let’s Not Talk Ourselves into a Recession

Lesson of the Roe V Wade Reversal

Here are the numbers most relevant to the recent Supreme Court decision overturning of Roe V Wade 59.2 percent of registered voters (nationally) participated in the 2016 Presidential Election. 66.9 percent of registered voters (nationally) participated in the 2020 Presidential Election. A difference of 7.7 percent. If 7.7 percent more registered voters had turned out

2022-07-08T02:27:32+00:00July 8th, 2022|Comments Off on Lesson of the Roe V Wade Reversal

Reversing Roe Is Radical and Not Victimless

Radical is not a synonym for conservative, nor even for reactionary; but the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe V Wade is closer to the former than the latter. Fundamental to conservative thought among liberal democracies are the founding documents of the United States of America – the oldest living democracy. Those documents argue every

2022-06-27T23:41:32+00:00June 26th, 2022|Comments Off on Reversing Roe Is Radical and Not Victimless

Roar of the Gun Followed by Moments of Silence

Ten years ago – in December 2012 – a mentally unstable 19 year old shot and killed 26 souls at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut – where 20 of those 26 were 6 and 7 year old kindergarteners and first graders. A week and half ago, 10 Americans were shot to death by a

2022-06-26T03:46:46+00:00May 26th, 2022|Comments Off on Roar of the Gun Followed by Moments of Silence