I’ve been perfectly upfront that I will be voting for Biden and any Democrat on my ballot. He may not be a 10 when it comes to being president, but he is definitely a 10 when compared to the alternative. Biden still has a pretty high belief in democracy and personal freedoms. In 2020, Biden… Continue reading Biden: Still Up to the Task?
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How Do We Resist
Across the country, seemingly almost every day, there is a news story or reporting on disruptions at school board, election board, county supervisor, and other meetings. A small group of very vocal people, always inferring they represent a sizable chunk of constituents, spread lies, disinformation, and often threats, to those who oppose their viewpoints. Open… Continue reading How Do We Resist
President Biden, Time for Garland to Go
If you are like me, I had an emotional reaction to the nomination of Merrick Garland as the U.S. Attorney General. It felt a little like retribution for the slight given to him by Mitch McConnell when Obama nominated Garland as a Supreme Court justice. So many of us thought with Garland, the insurrectionists and… Continue reading President Biden, Time for Garland to Go
Kitchen Table Issues
On Thursday we heard an excellent and strong State of the Union address by President Biden. He hit a lot of salient points about the Republic, democracy, domestic and foreign policy, and challenges ahead. Surprisingly he even directly took the Supreme Court to task on decisions they’ve made, specifically the repeal of Roe v Wade.… Continue reading Kitchen Table Issues
Legacy Schmegacy
Legacy Something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past. Narcissist An extremely self-centered person who has an exaggerated sense of self-importance. Power Possession of control, authority, or influence over others. Why did I start with those three words? I did so because it seems those three words are a… Continue reading Legacy Schmegacy
Supremely Cowardly Court
Few people would argue our judicial system is broken. Evidence of this is seen every day in terms of how the rich are treated and how those less fortunate are treated. This isn’t really new in our lifetimes, it just has been exponentially worse in our lifetimes. We see this when people of power are… Continue reading Supremely Cowardly Court
Courageously Traditional
While in Portland, one of the books I bought was How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future (Levitsky and Ziblatt). It was so engaging I almost finished it before I even got home. What struck me the most was how wrong I’ve been thinking about how the Democrats have been governing in the… Continue reading Courageously Traditional
The Battle Was Won, but the War Continues
My husband asked for tickets to go see To Kill a Mockingbird for Christmas. It was a small ask, so we got tickets to go late in January. I knew it was a famous book, the only book by Harper Lee, but knew nothing more about it, which feels a little disappointing to say after… Continue reading The Battle Was Won, but the War Continues
106,298
106,298 seems like a very large number when used without any context, but yet the mainstream media is acting as if it is 100 million. Please forgive me as we go through some math. The next figure to contemplate is 752,249. A much larger figure of which 106,298 is just 14.1%, again not a very… Continue reading 106,298
People Are Going to Go Through Some Things: Murder
We seem to be entering the next phase of authoritarianism and Facism. In court this week, a lawyer actually stood before a judge and stated the President of the United States essentially has blanket immunity. The only way to stop a President is be impeached in the House and convicted in the Senate. Then, and… Continue reading People Are Going to Go Through Some Things: Murder
Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man 