Category Archives: politics

woman with headache

Who’s on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown?

Does it feel like our nation is on the verge of a nervous breakdown? Is there anyone who’s nerves aren’t frayed? Between mass shootings and stalled gun laws, Britain falling and markets plunging, xenophobia spreading as fast as the Zika

woman with headache

Who’s on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown?

Does it feel like our nation is on the verge of a nervous breakdown? Is there anyone who’s nerves aren’t frayed? Between mass shootings and stalled gun laws, Britain falling and markets plunging, xenophobia spreading as fast as the Zika

Congress sit in

Sitting For Justice

  Taking a stand by sitting. Finally Democratic leaders are acting like social justice advocates. Bravo!

Congress sit in

Sitting For Justice

  Taking a stand by sitting. Finally Democratic leaders are acting like social justice advocates. Bravo!

guns nra-stop-gun-madness

End the Gun Violence Now

Keep Hope Alive In July 1969, a full-page advertisement  in the Sunday  NY Times posed a request to the American public: Hold onto this page for 1 year and hope and pray it’s ended. The hopeful ad  appeared  one  year

guns nra-stop-gun-madness

End the Gun Violence Now

Keep Hope Alive In July 1969, a full-page advertisement  in the Sunday  NY Times posed a request to the American public: Hold onto this page for 1 year and hope and pray it’s ended. The hopeful ad  appeared  one  year

vintage comics PSA

What Donald Trump Could Learn From a Vintage Comic Book

Donald Trump’s “Good Neighbor” policy is appallingly un-American. Although sometimes it seems that all Donald Trump learned about life he learned from a comic book, clearly Little Donnie would have benefited from reading these Public Service ads that ran in 

vintage comics PSA

What Donald Trump Could Learn From a Vintage Comic Book

Donald Trump’s “Good Neighbor” policy is appallingly un-American. Although sometimes it seems that all Donald Trump learned about life he learned from a comic book, clearly Little Donnie would have benefited from reading these Public Service ads that ran in 

Robert Kennedy Campaign For President 1968

Robert Kennedy Through the Eyes of a Teenage Girl

1968 was no ordinary time and Robert Kennedy was no ordinary candidate. The wave of young idealists propelling Bernie’s campaign feel similar to that infamous year when Bobby had fired up Americas youth. Including a barely teen age me. I

Robert Kennedy Campaign For President 1968

Robert Kennedy Through the Eyes of a Teenage Girl

1968 was no ordinary time and Robert Kennedy was no ordinary candidate. The wave of young idealists propelling Bernie’s campaign feel similar to that infamous year when Bobby had fired up Americas youth. Including a barely teen age me. I

Goofus and Gallant Highlights Magazine

Lessons Learned From Goofus and Gallant

  Everything I learned about right and wrong behavior  lead straight back to Goofus and Gallant. Next to Romper Room’s “do-bees” and “don’t-bees,” that dynamic duo from Highlights Magazine served as the guidepost  for common courtesy  for baby boomer kids,

Goofus and Gallant Highlights Magazine

Lessons Learned From Goofus and Gallant

  Everything I learned about right and wrong behavior  lead straight back to Goofus and Gallant. Next to Romper Room’s “do-bees” and “don’t-bees,” that dynamic duo from Highlights Magazine served as the guidepost  for common courtesy  for baby boomer kids,

NY Post Headline Don Juan

Trump- All the Publicity That’s Fit to Print

File this story under Make America Fake Again Dept. When The Washington Post published a 1991 call  where Donald Trump pretends to be his own publicist named John Miller who can be heard on the tape boasting about his playboy

NY Post Headline Don Juan

Trump- All the Publicity That’s Fit to Print

File this story under Make America Fake Again Dept. When The Washington Post published a 1991 call  where Donald Trump pretends to be his own publicist named John Miller who can be heard on the tape boasting about his playboy

vintage illustration clown and elephant

Taming the Republican Rogue Elephant in the Room

Republicans who failed to stop the Trump clown circus when they had a chance have only themselves to blame for this debacle of divisiveness. Now Donald Trump is like a rogue elephant  that separates from the  herd roaming the landscape

vintage illustration clown and elephant

Taming the Republican Rogue Elephant in the Room

Republicans who failed to stop the Trump clown circus when they had a chance have only themselves to blame for this debacle of divisiveness. Now Donald Trump is like a rogue elephant  that separates from the  herd roaming the landscape

NY Daily News Headline KKK Leader Supports

Never Forget

Worth remembering on Holocaust Remembrance Day: David Duke applauds Trump for thwarting “the Jewish supremacists who control our country.” On his radio program on Wednesday, the former Klu Kux Klan leader launched into an anti Semitic tirade: “I think these

NY Daily News Headline KKK Leader Supports

Never Forget

Worth remembering on Holocaust Remembrance Day: David Duke applauds Trump for thwarting “the Jewish supremacists who control our country.” On his radio program on Wednesday, the former Klu Kux Klan leader launched into an anti Semitic tirade: “I think these

Archie-Bunker Carroll O Conno

Are Trump Supporters Racists?

  Those Were the Days Today on Morning Joe,  Rob Reiner kept it 100. When asked why some people support Trump the legendary director and activist said it’s because they are racists. Now  Reiner is no meathead – he knows

Archie-Bunker Carroll O Conno

Are Trump Supporters Racists?

  Those Were the Days Today on Morning Joe,  Rob Reiner kept it 100. When asked why some people support Trump the legendary director and activist said it’s because they are racists. Now  Reiner is no meathead – he knows