Goodbye and Thank You!

Sometimes in life I've found that as much as I try to behave like the person I see myself as, I fall far short of my mark.  Today I came face to face with something that I've done, that causes...

Our “Virtuous” Rich

"Donald Trump, addressing criticism that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and others in his Cabinet are too rich, said at an Iowa rally Wednesday that he doesn’t want poor people in charge of the economy. “These are people that are great, brilliant...

What Are Republicans Afraid of On Healthcare?

The hypocrisy of the Republican Senate Leadership as they work in secret to produce a healthcare bill that will affect one sixth of our Federal Budget,  is rampant.  Bernie Sanders took to the Senate floor to ask and answer the...

Proof That the NRA is a Racist Organization Hiding Behind the Constitution

The truth is that the National Rifle Association (NRA), is not an organization whose sole interest is protecting the right of all American people to bear arms.  The NRA is an Ultra-Right Wing Organization, supported by the gun industry and...

Father’s Day: A Meditation on Ritual

For an old Hippie like me the idea that I would love my family’s ritual of “Father’s Day” seems at first silly and vapid.  The fact that a made-up holiday, dreamed up for commercial benefit, could add meaning to my...

“Loving” and Hating: History Remembered

Among the most viciously stupid and/or dangerously naive among us, are those who upon Barack Obama's election declared we were living in the "Age of Post-Racial America".  Tomorrow will mark  the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in...