Or Back to July 1920 The 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on August 20, 1920 giving women the right to vote. And now Republicons want to neuter it with something obscenely titled the SAVE Act. The “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act” could be voted on in the House of Representatives today. A similar…

Exceeded my Expectations It was loud. The horns honking in affirmation were at times deafening. This small town was alive. A bigger turnout than I expected. Was it a thousand? The street was lined with a terrific variety of creative signs. The fury and frustration with an administration gone wild was on full display in…

The White House Threatens to Suppress By now you have read about yesterday’s “Tesla Protests”. For a good recap of how global and powerful it was, consider reading this Guardian article. People are angry at Musk. Perhaps because he reminds us of Hermann Goering – Hitler’s choice to control the German economy. And if you…

The United States is Not a Bubble This a big meaningful day. But the ironies are frightening. And outrageous. In 1952—an epidemic year for polio—there were 58,000 new cases reported in the United States. I was one of them. More than 3,000 died from the disease. I survived with minor lifetime complications. On March 26,…

Two months of Treason Below is a repost of a warning from someone who has lived through this Hell before. Manuel A. Garcia writes excellent Substack letters. This is his latest. But first I ask THE question: Who have $Trusk helped in the first two months of holding power? Putin and his Russian gangsters. Who…

The DEI Push Back is Real! In a world full of destruction and negativity, I needed this. I wanted to feel some positive emotions, some hope, some connection to people doing and saying the right thing – the inarguably moral thing. A long time ago, we “cut the cord”. No cable TV. Sometimes, there is…

With Empathy, Attempting to Understand So many of us have bemoaned the fact that our nation has shifted from being one of “we” to one of “me”. We are all guilty of “meism” at some point. But sometimes we can recognize that and consider the “other” point of view. There was a time when churches,…

Wake Up and Find the Right Voice Today’s letter is longer than I wanted. If you are pressed for time, PLEASE just scroll down to the last short video. Open Letter to the Democratic National Committee:”It happened again. You sent me an email asking for money. It was supposed to be from Harris and Walz.…

If we look Today is International Women’s Day. On this day in 1917, protests began in Russia by women demanding food. The protests grew as men joined by the tens of thousands. Police were confronted. The people couldn’t be silenced. The people had reached a breaking point. The revolution was begun by women. Russians were…

Questions Unanswered by Republicans What did $Trump ask for from Putin when he cut off military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine? Doesn’t a good negotiator get SOMETHING before giving it all up? Nobody has an answer. There can be only one explanation. $Trump is a Russian tool. A mole. An infiltrator. An agent of espionage.…