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Whose Flag Is It?
I hate to say this on Flag Day but in recent years I’ve found myself fickle about the American flag. It wasn’t always so. For decades, with hand over heart, I dutifully pledged allegiance to the stars and stripes as
Whose Flag Is It?
I hate to say this on Flag Day but in recent years I’ve found myself fickle about the American flag. It wasn’t always so. For decades, with hand over heart, I dutifully pledged allegiance to the stars and stripes as
Walk In Their Shoes
Let us pray none of us ever have to walk in the shoes of a parent who lost a child to the horrors of a mass shooting by an AR-15 rifle, its devastation so complete that the only way to
Walk In Their Shoes
Let us pray none of us ever have to walk in the shoes of a parent who lost a child to the horrors of a mass shooting by an AR-15 rifle, its devastation so complete that the only way to
Guns Plus Teachers Does Not Equal Safety
Teachers + guns does not = safety. It’s bad math. And bad policy. It’s a simple equation – arming teachers doesn’t add up to safety in the classroom. Senator Ted Cruz gets an F in that subject. In the wake
Guns Plus Teachers Does Not Equal Safety
Teachers + guns does not = safety. It’s bad math. And bad policy. It’s a simple equation – arming teachers doesn’t add up to safety in the classroom. Senator Ted Cruz gets an F in that subject. In the wake
Remembering Robert Kennedy
1968 was no ordinary time and Robert Kennedy was no ordinary candidate. The wave of young idealists that propelled Bernie’s campaign in 2016 felt similar to that infamous year when Bobby had fired up America’s youth. Including a barely
Remembering Robert Kennedy
1968 was no ordinary time and Robert Kennedy was no ordinary candidate. The wave of young idealists that propelled Bernie’s campaign in 2016 felt similar to that infamous year when Bobby had fired up America’s youth. Including a barely
Marjorie Taylor Greene Touts Christian Nationalism
I am a domestic terrorist. So is my rabbi. My 76-year-old husband is a terrorist as well. According to Marjorie Taylor Greene so is everyone who sits at my Passover seder table. We are Jews. In God we trust. Just
Marjorie Taylor Greene Touts Christian Nationalism
I am a domestic terrorist. So is my rabbi. My 76-year-old husband is a terrorist as well. According to Marjorie Taylor Greene so is everyone who sits at my Passover seder table. We are Jews. In God we trust. Just
No More Mass Shootings
No more. There have been more mass shootings so far in 2022 than there have been days in the year. 27 alone have been school shootings. No more. Today is day 145 of the year, and the country has already
No More Mass Shootings
No more. There have been more mass shootings so far in 2022 than there have been days in the year. 27 alone have been school shootings. No more. Today is day 145 of the year, and the country has already
Only in America
Only in America Nineteen parents in Texas sent their precious children off to school yesterday never thinking they would not share dinner together that evening. Or another birthday, another Christmas. That their child would never come home again. Ever. America
Only in America
Only in America Nineteen parents in Texas sent their precious children off to school yesterday never thinking they would not share dinner together that evening. Or another birthday, another Christmas. That their child would never come home again. Ever. America
Hate Will Not Replace Us
Dark thoughts used to hide in the shadows. They lurked in dark alleys and dim corners. Skulking on the fringes of the far-right, they festered in darkness rarely venturing into the light. Unvarnished hate and vile white supremacist thoughts that
Hate Will Not Replace Us
Dark thoughts used to hide in the shadows. They lurked in dark alleys and dim corners. Skulking on the fringes of the far-right, they festered in darkness rarely venturing into the light. Unvarnished hate and vile white supremacist thoughts that
Our Developed Nation is Developmentally Challenged
Is America a developed nation or a nation with developmental disabilities? A deadly mass shooting. Again. A White Supremacist armed with an AR-15 and hate. Again. Angry masses protesting in the streets to Save Abortion Rights. Again. As I drank
Our Developed Nation is Developmentally Challenged
Is America a developed nation or a nation with developmental disabilities? A deadly mass shooting. Again. A White Supremacist armed with an AR-15 and hate. Again. Angry masses protesting in the streets to Save Abortion Rights. Again. As I drank
Facebook Jail- An Ex-Con Speaks
Proudly I have now joined the long and noble list of the righteous who served time in jail for their beliefs- truthtellers like Emma Goldman, Martin Luther King, and Nelson Mandella to name just a few. Tossed in the Facebook
Facebook Jail- An Ex-Con Speaks
Proudly I have now joined the long and noble list of the righteous who served time in jail for their beliefs- truthtellers like Emma Goldman, Martin Luther King, and Nelson Mandella to name just a few. Tossed in the Facebook
Envisioning The American Dream 