Category Archives: American Way
Nuclear Ambitions
Well, we’re off to the arms races again as the supersizing of the superpowers begins anew. Donald Trump wants to ramp up America’s nuclear arsenal. Fearing we’ve fallen behind, he boasts he wanted to make the U.S. the top of
Nuclear Ambitions
Well, we’re off to the arms races again as the supersizing of the superpowers begins anew. Donald Trump wants to ramp up America’s nuclear arsenal. Fearing we’ve fallen behind, he boasts he wanted to make the U.S. the top of
Art Show-“Embedded Messages, Debating the Dream: Truth, Justice and the American Way”,
Has the American Dream faded away like a once cherished Kodak snapshot? Is truth, justice and the American Way a disappearing part of our national lexicon? Is American Exceptionalism riddled with a lot of exception? As these once cherished beliefs
Art Show-“Embedded Messages, Debating the Dream: Truth, Justice and the American Way”,
Has the American Dream faded away like a once cherished Kodak snapshot? Is truth, justice and the American Way a disappearing part of our national lexicon? Is American Exceptionalism riddled with a lot of exception? As these once cherished beliefs
She Persisted
She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, She persisted. Silencing Elizabeth Warren will never work. We don’t silence women who persist. We celebrate them!
She Persisted
She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, She persisted. Silencing Elizabeth Warren will never work. We don’t silence women who persist. We celebrate them!
Heavens to Betsy, Our Schools Go to Hell
Heavens to Betsy, there should be no surprise about DeVos’s confirmation. Donald Trump did say: “I Love the poorly educated.” Trump won bigly with the uneducated voters so perhaps this is just part of the Republican’s larger plan to simply
Heavens to Betsy, Our Schools Go to Hell
Heavens to Betsy, there should be no surprise about DeVos’s confirmation. Donald Trump did say: “I Love the poorly educated.” Trump won bigly with the uneducated voters so perhaps this is just part of the Republican’s larger plan to simply
Closed Borders or Open Hearts
American history loves to celebrate our role as a land of asylum, humanity and opportunity for people across the globe. It’s a pillar of our cherished self-image as exceptional among nations. It’s the American Way. Whenever tragedy has struck Americans
Closed Borders or Open Hearts
American history loves to celebrate our role as a land of asylum, humanity and opportunity for people across the globe. It’s a pillar of our cherished self-image as exceptional among nations. It’s the American Way. Whenever tragedy has struck Americans
I Married a Refugee
I married a refugee who as a little boy was perceived as a threat to Cold War America and not as a survivor of the Holocaust. While my childhood was a sugar frosted world of frost-free fun living out the
I Married a Refugee
I married a refugee who as a little boy was perceived as a threat to Cold War America and not as a survivor of the Holocaust. While my childhood was a sugar frosted world of frost-free fun living out the
A Tale of Two Cities- Washington DC Inauguration Weekend
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. It was two days in January where two worlds threatened to collide. Alternative lifestyles and alternative
A Tale of Two Cities- Washington DC Inauguration Weekend
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. It was two days in January where two worlds threatened to collide. Alternative lifestyles and alternative
Women March On Washington
Americans and citizens around the world are marching tomorrow to challenge Trump’s administration. We are here and we are watching. One day after Donald Trumps inauguration, the Women’s March on Washington will bring hundreds of thousands to the capital to
Women March On Washington
Americans and citizens around the world are marching tomorrow to challenge Trump’s administration. We are here and we are watching. One day after Donald Trumps inauguration, the Women’s March on Washington will bring hundreds of thousands to the capital to
Color Me Hopeful- Remembering the Kennedy Inauguration
Tomorrow is a day of no TV for me. Inauguration day, 2017 my TV goes dark. For over 50 years I have watched with pride every televised presidential swearing-in. Whether on an oversize mahogany housed Philco, a portable RCA, a
Color Me Hopeful- Remembering the Kennedy Inauguration
Tomorrow is a day of no TV for me. Inauguration day, 2017 my TV goes dark. For over 50 years I have watched with pride every televised presidential swearing-in. Whether on an oversize mahogany housed Philco, a portable RCA, a
Medical Emergency- America’s Health Care
Critical Care As the halls of Congress morph into a Critical Care Unit, the GOP’s prescription “to preserve our freedom” appears to be to pull the plug on Obamacare- STAT! Although some Republicans overt hysterics appear to have gone into
Medical Emergency- America’s Health Care
Critical Care As the halls of Congress morph into a Critical Care Unit, the GOP’s prescription “to preserve our freedom” appears to be to pull the plug on Obamacare- STAT! Although some Republicans overt hysterics appear to have gone into
Envisioning The American Dream 