We, the Voters, Were Attacked by Russia: What are WE Going to do About it?
The more I watch this slow descent into fascism and the coverage of it in media, the more I am convinced that the November elections will be a massive moment in US History. And the question to be asked...
View Article#VichyPress
I am watching AMJoy right now and there is a segment on emerging fascism not just here but around the globe. The guests are outlining the clear pattern of the right wing movement in countries from...
View ArticleMore Dispatches from San Antonio: Our Neighbors Think Kim Jong-Un is Better...
So I’m enjoying my summer Friday (I get Fridays off in the summer by working my 40 Monday through Thursday), and I check the Facebook account. (Ugghh, I know, Facebook. I’ve got to get off of it.) A...
View ArticleDispatches from San Antonio
A year and a half a go after that November disaster my wife and I started some resistance. We joined the ACLU because we feared that people’s freedom would be at risk. We purchased subscriptions to our...
View ArticleAn Opportunity through Sports - An Idea for North Carolina Basketball Players...
Today at 5:45 PM on CBS the University of North Carolina will play Kentucky on a neutral court in Las Vegas, Nevada. We all know what is going on in North Carolina post election. The Republican super...
View ArticleWhere is the tipping point?
Monday will be an interesting day in North Dakota. I would imagine you know more of what’s going on there than I do. (I do have a cousin who has actually gone up there for a spell to join the...
View ArticleI'm sinking to new lows
Every day I hope. I hope that some news event will break that somehow reverses what happened on 11/9. I hope that some scandal will break that brings about an inevitable collapse of the Trump machine....
View ArticleWellesley College Update
Well, I guess I am “out of the loop” so to speak. There has been a lot of activity in this story that I was unaware of down here in Texas where I live. I wish Wellesley College would be doing a little...
View ArticleKonni Burton's Law
So State Senator from Texas Konni Burton has introduced a law for the next session that would “require public schools give parents ‘any general knowledge regarding the parent's child possessed by an...
View ArticleWellesley and Babson update
Students from Babson and Wellesley marched from their campuses and met at a park midway between both campuses to speak out against hate and unite in the face of politically motivated hatred. Babson...
View ArticleWellesley College update
Hardly anyone read or reacted to my post this weekend, but that is fine. These diaries are more cathartic at this point than anything. But, I have an update. I traded texts with my daughter the...
View ArticleGive me a break I can wear the safety pin
We don’t have time to fight amongst ourselves. I’m wearing a safety pin. It’s not all that I’m doing either. It’s not the main thing I’m doing. But, I’m going to wear the pin. It’s not to insult anyone...
View ArticlePost-Election on Wellesley College Campus
I try to write my posts about how political events directly affect my family. In my opinion if we don’t show folks who vote contrary to their values and economic status what their votes cause, we will...
View ArticleMy Son and Orlando
Last fall my fifteen-year-old son told me something that I suspected but did not know for sure. I am sure this blog and others are full of similar stories. He told me on a Sunday night that he needed...
View ArticleI Voted
I gave money today. Money I do not have really. But I voted and gave. C'mon vote. Do it. Or I'll be disappointed. More after the break.
View ArticleMy Son Goes to Madison High School
My son goes to San Antonio Madison High School. Today at about 10:30 a.m. I got an email from the school saying that they were on "lock down." This is an unfortunate term that has come into school...
View Article"Glee" for Wendy Davis
Kathleen Parker is an opinion writer for the Washington Post who got published in my local paper in San Antonio today with an article titled "Too Much Glee Over Abortion Filibuster." As she probably...
View ArticleI Shook Hands with Wendy Davis
What Wendy Davis did last week was amazing. When I was a kid growing up in Austin, my dad was an attorney for a prominent state agency, so I have been in the capitol building often. I remember once...
View ArticleA Fascinating Radio Feud
I am a sports radio nut. Listening to the soap operas in the world of sports is a great escape from the stress of life. Because I took a job close to Dallas, I began listening to a new sports radio...
View ArticleThe Real News is in Detroit
I get that CPAC is fun to cover. Listening to the right wing speak to their base and push out one liners crafted for our Twitter society entertains us much like a Steven King novel or movie. We all sit...
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