Transgender People, Politics and the Military
On Friday the United States armed forces will impose restrictions on the service of patriotic Americans. Friday, April 12th the U.S. military will allow transgendered soldiers who have declared not to...
View ArticleLife with Reilly
Many of you may not remember the many reincarnations of the movie The Life of Riley. From radio to the big screen and eventually TV, Riley was a loud-mouthed bumbler who stumbles his way through life....
View ArticleDignity and Worth of the Person
Any of you who have either taken a social work class or is currently a social worker is familiar with the title of this piece. The definition in part reads “… treat each person in a caring and...
View ArticleDonald Trump gets in your Head
Donald Trump has the unique ability to turn every story, tragic or happy into a mini novella about him. It has reached a point of overshadowing legitimate investigations or news events. Republican...
View ArticleThe House Should Roar…
Well, my long awaited redacted, expurgated, William Barr whitewashed version of the Mueller report hit my desk at 12: 30 pm yesterday afternoon. I was fortunate enough to obtain a searchable version,...
View ArticleKakistocracy
If you take a close and honest look at who runs our government, a shudder up your spine is inevitable. The President who time after time told Americans he would hire the “best people” has failed...
View ArticleIs the Democratic Impeachment Effort becoming the Republican Health Care Plan?
For nearly ten years I have listened to the imagined Republican stories of death panels and scary stories of Canadians in back rooms with butter knives performing surgery. They have taken votes,...
View ArticleWhen will Bill Barr Reopen the Kavanaugh Hearings?
According to Attorney General William Barr, Congress wants to either exceed or abrogate its authority if they call in a lawyer to question him. When homespun sex case prosecutor Rachel Mitchell, who...
View ArticleThe Scales of Justice are not Balanced
The day after the long-awaited Mueller Report was released, the President was asked if Special Counsel Robert Mueller acted honorably. The President answered in the affirmative. “yes, he did.” With...
View ArticleStaying in the Fight
During the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee’s Clinton…uh Barr Hearing today, I was reminded of my dismay in the years 2000 and 2016. In both instances, as with former Vice-President Al Gore...
View ArticleThe Barr Bill is on our Tab
A.G. Barr taught a 6-hour long masters’ course in obfuscation Wednesday. At one point he was asked about his previous testimony before the House Oversight Committee; in reference to a question asked by...
View ArticleLike a Bolton out of the Blue
For many years, Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor John Bolton has earned the reputation of being a war hawk. Bolton’s long history of promoting conflict with anyone who would not listen,...
View ArticlePile Driving the Public
Another day, another revelation of fraud. For the second time in less than a year, the New York Times has exposed the Trump family as tax cheats, grifters and generally immoral people. As first...
View ArticleIt is so hard not to use the interrogatory phrase, “ what if this was Obama?”
Sitting on the edge of my bed the night of the first Tuesday in November of 2008 with a phone in each hand, speaking with friends and campaign colleagues, in hushed tones that could be construed as...
View ArticleI Guess Rudy Didn’t ‘Love it’
In about fifty years political science instructors will have a pop quiz question that will read’ what is the most memorable quote from the Trump presidential fiasco, the answer “if it’s what you say, I...
View ArticleRepublicans Want to Take us into the Back-Alley
Whenever anyone who fancies themselves a commentator, observer or opinion writer ventures into a topic that brings out the most visceral emotions of people I am reminded of a line from the movie Full...
View ArticleWhat happened to the Republican Party I Knew and Hated?
There is a symmetry to politics that rivals sports team fandom. I grew up a huge fan of the football team in Washington D.C. I watched Diron Talbert chase and threaten Roger Staubach in the 1970s. My...
View ArticleWhy am I not Surprised…
It comes as no surprise to me that the William Barr Justice Department, with the blessings of the Trump White House, have decided to turn their judiciary backs on a barbaric practice banned in the U.S....
View ArticleAnother Bite of the Cookie
As a Black writer and educator, I have a perspective that does not speak for all Black men and women raised poor in America, but I hope the validity of my argument is acknowledged. I am over sixty...
View ArticleMagic Don
There are three parts to a good magic trick, the first is the pledge. In the pledge, the magician shows you something that seems innocuous, an item that draws you in. Donald Trump played on the fears...
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