Reading time – 51 seconds Freshman Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) delivered one of five Republican responses to the President’s State of the Union address on January 20, 2015, and it’s a good thing she did. Mitch McConnell told us that she was the perfect person to deliver the establishment Republican rebuttal and, clearly, he was… [read more]
Empathy
Reading time – 31 seconds . . . Watch this video. Really, go ahead, click on the web link (not the bracelet) and watch this amazing piece from the folks at the Cleveland Clinic. For the longest time they have done miraculous things for patients in need at their award winning hospital and once again… [read more]
Piñatas
Ed. note: Please help – see the note below and pass this along so that we make the kind of difference that needs to be made. America thanks you. Reading time – 41 seconds . . . There they stand, the hopeful – hopeless? – wielders of sticks, lurching and whacking at the piñatas of… [read more]
Je Suis . . . Ironic
Ed. note: Please help – see the note below and pass this along so that we make the kind of difference that needs to be made. America thanks you. Reading time – 47 seconds . . . The irreverent Charlie Hebdo satirists, both cartoonists and journalists, have, in the face of profound, bottomless grief led… [read more]
The Usefulness of a Scalise Apology
Ed. note: Please help – see the note below and pass this along so that we make the kind of difference that needs to be made. America thanks you. Reading time – 33 seconds . . . Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) has been busted for having presented to a conference hosted by the European-American Unity… [read more]
We Had No Choice
Ed. note: Please help – see the note below and pass this along so that we make the kind of difference that needs to be made. America thanks you. Reading time – 57 seconds . . . “We have no choice,” said Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zyhri in rejecting a cease fire proposal. Hamas had… [read more]
Every Life is Precious
Reading time – 71 seconds . . . “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal . . .” My life is precious and if we’re all created equal, then all lives are precious. It’s a simple syllogism and we all believe it. Quod erat demonstrandum. Really? The city of… [read more]
An Open Letter To . . .
Reading time – 32 seconds . . . . . . our lip-flapping, self-serving senators and representatives Caution: Contains snark. Sensitive readers should man up. ___________________________________________________ Let me say with all due respect and appropriate decorum that: – Pretending that continuing to refuse to have relations with Cuba enhances American security is idiotic. – Treating… [read more]
Poison Pills
Reading time 49 seconds . . . . We the People paid for all the losses (and far more) from the big banks having gambled with government guaranteed funds and plunged us into a recession from which we may never fully recover. Of course, we are wanting to ensure that such a thing will never… [read more]
Super Glue for Broken Justice
Reading time – 52 seconds . . . I haven’t a clue what percentage of our police officers nationwide are solid citizens whose intent matches what is written on the sides of their cruisers: “To Serve and Protect.” My guess is that the number is very high. For simplicity, let’s call them good cops. There… [read more]
