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…And We’re Taking the Other Blue States With Us!
Why have we titled this article “Dear Red States”? Maybe a tongue in cheek solution I have included at the end of this rather dry but important information, might give you a small chuckle. I do want to credit the NY Times, BBC News, CNN…
From L.A. to Bombay? An Entitled Politician’s Last Stand to Become Ambassador
LEGAL WOES - The irony was lost on no one last week when we learned that the parents of the mayor of Los Angeles have hired a professional…
War and Remembrance: The Death of Joseph Anzack Jr.
IN MEMORIAM - It was 15 years ago this month that Joseph Anzack Jr., private first class, United States Army, faced impending death on a da…
And Then There Are Those Of Us Who Are Still Living
ACCORDING TO LIZ - Memorial Day is a federal holiday for mourning the U.S. military personnel who have died while serving their country est…
Certain Unalienable Rights
A VIEW FROM HERE - In 1776, America Founded Itself on Two Revolutionary Theories.
Neo-Fascist Challenge: A War Against Blacks and People of Color
WHITE SUPREMACY - Civil rights activist and philosopher Cornel West called out former President Donald Trump for leading a “hate campaign”…
Cancel Student Loan Debt. Bail Out Regular People.
ECONOMIC RELIEF - I borrowed money to pay for college. Like 45 million other Americans who did the same, I owe student loan debt.
We’re Telling the Wrong Story About Race in America
GUEST COMMENTARY - It's been a week since a mentally ill racist murdered 10 people, most of them Black Americans, in a Buffalo supermarket.
If Roe v. Wade is Overturned, Abortion Rights Will Be in the Hands of the States
UP TO THE STATES - Last year, David Pepper was so frustrated by the atrophied state of U.S. democracy that he tweeted a riff on a phrase po…
Only Mass Protests Can Save Abortion Rights
ROE V WADE - As the ridiculously right-wing United States Supreme Court stands poised to defy majority public opinion by reversing its 1973…
More Thoughts, More Prayers and More School Shootings
GUN VIOLENCE - In the 23 years since Columbine, at least 554 students, educators, and school staff have been victims of school shootings, a…
Little Kids Going To School
ACCORDING TO LIZ - Some people argue that it is disrespectful to the dead to use such a tragedy to score political points.
Made in America: School Shootings, Psycho Killers...and Action Over Ignorance
The Doctor is IN: Let me start by proclaiming that I am a physician who supports the Second Amendment, the First Amendment, Law Enforcemen…
What Are We Doing? Why Are We Here?
VIDEO - Senator Chris Murphy delivers an emotional address to the Senate regarding the Texas school shooting.
Tucker Carlson’s ‘Great Replacement’ Theory Comes From An Anti-American Nazi
GUEST COMMENTARY - Before a hate-filled 18-year-old murdered 10 and wounded 3 African Americans in Buffalo on May 14, he penned a rambling…
What Biden Gets Right
GUEST COMMENTARY - In 1936 at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia, Franklin Delano Roosevelt told a cheering crowd that the only way…
Why Would Whites Fear That They Will be Replaced?
THE VIEW FROM HERE - “In a week, American voters can do to white nationalists what they fear most.
Beware America: Our Democracy is on the Edge
GUEST COMMENTARY - I only echo the voices of thousands who sounded the alarm before me, but then again it cannot be said enough.
California’s Most Unlikely Philanthropist is Starting A New Chapter
MAKING A DIFFERENCE - Among the thousands of students graduating from San Diego State this weekend is one of California’s youngest and most…
