Last night, as my partner, Penny, and I went to bed, it looked as though for the second time in a row America was going to elect the most misogynistic, homophobic, racist, xenophobic, environmentally-destructive president ever in American history. Don’t forget, he’s a sociopath and narcissist, too. Penny and I went to bed with our…
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Here’s hoping Iran/US talks resume
I was waiting on tenterhooks for President Trump’s press conference Wednesday morning. In response to the Iranian ballistic missile strike on US airbases in Iraq the day prior, would he order a retaliatory American attack? Were we going to end up with another war in the Middle East? Iran, with a population of 80 million,…
The power of progressive consciousness
With greater and greater frequency lately, the right wing is using one-offs to move public opinion. They are using stories and anecdotes appealing to our emotions and focused on a single person or incident in an effort to stop us from making higher and better choices for all of us. A case in point —…