Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man

It is sad to live in an age when our elected “leaders” do not lead as expected, not as needed. We are in the middle of a pandemic, an economic recession, and a rise in white supremacy. There is a lot on the table that needs to be solved. People are hurting, and hurting badly.… Continue reading The Absence of Leaders

As a child, and as an educator, I loved snow days. Every time it began to snow at night, or waking up to it snowing, I always hoped for a snow day. I loved school, most of the time, but it was still exciting to hear school had been cancelled for the day, and maybe… Continue reading I Miss Snow

Finally the words we all needed hear, and a President who believes these words, is taking action towards helping the American people, and isn’t holding back in calling out the trumplicans/Republicans. Yesterday I told my husband, which was also stated by Chris Hayes and author Heather McGhee last night, Senator Chuck Schumer needs to start… Continue reading “We’re in a national emergency, and it’s time we treated it like one.”-President Biden

The trumplicans/Republicans are already stepping back into their old habits. Will we also see the Democrats stepping back into their old habits? The Democrats have a mandate. Biden/Harris won handily and the Democrats maintained control of the House, and with the help of Georgia, have control of the Senate. Watching the news today, I thought… Continue reading Are the Democrats Battle Ready? (Repost from November 16, 2020)

Are you feeling it too? A bit of disorientation right now with the change in presidential administrations. There is a lot of cognitive dissonance happening for many of us. Think about it. We have gone almost a full waking day now without hearing anyone acting like a victim. The name of the lame duck has… Continue reading Cognitive Dissonance

What will tomorrow hold? Will it be a historic momentous occasion with the 46th President sworn in along with his Vice President, the first woman, and the first person of color to hold that position? Will it be a time of celebration as the lame duck’s administration becomes a has been? Or will it be… Continue reading Tomorrow

“We must face the hard fact that many Americans would like to have a nation which is democracy for white Americans but simultaneously a dictatorship over Black Americans.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.—May 1967 Sad to think these words of truth still continue to ring so loudly today.

The supporters and spreaders of the Big Lie are now shouting loudly, and often, from the rafters, “We must have Unity!” Never mind they, the trumplicans, are attempting to circle the wagons to protect several of their own from being held accountable for supporting and spreading the Big Lie. They want us to forgive and… Continue reading Unity?

Shame: a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior. (Oxford Languages) After last week’s insurrection and acts of sedition, one would have thought the trumplicans would have reacted differently to the events. They must have come to the realization of how close so many of them came… Continue reading Shame Must Make a Comeback

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