In the aftermath of the shooting at the 4th of July parade in Highland Park, IL the reports are that 7 people are dead and 47 have serious injuries. Please explain to me what an un-serious gunshot injury is. If the hole is in you, believe me, you’ll be certain that it’s serious. There were… [read more]
A Love Letter To Millennials and Gen-Zs
Ed. notes: In these dispiriting times it can be easy to let our sense of love and awe for this country be dampened. But this Fourth of July weekend is exactly the right time to face that challenge, to find our inner red, white and blue and to cheer for the country we’ll make. Set… [read more]
For Six Justices: Imagine That
If you see your picture to the right, this is for you. . Did you ever have little kids? Were you yourself ever a little kid? I want you to think back to when you were 9 years old, sitting in your third grade classroom. See it in your mind’s eye. You’re at your desk… [read more]
A Different Take
The Atlantic’s Jonathan V. Last Thinks Mike Pence Is an American Hero . You read that right. Pence was on the wrong side of nearly every issue, like reproductive rights, gay rights, failing to prevent an Indiana HIV outbreak from becoming far worse and more. His public religiosity didn’t extend to caring about those who… [read more]
Emergency: The Assault on Stare Decisis
You already know about the Supreme Court decision striking down Roe and it’s important to put that decision into context. Be clear that this decision will result in Daisy, raped at age 13 by her father, having to take that incest-caused pregnancy to term. It means that Maryanne, raped in a laundromat by an unknown… [read more]
Gun Ears
‘You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else.” – Winston Churchill —————————————– Let’s start with this obvious but enormously powerful basic: Regardless of where we stand, all discussions about guns are loaded with emotional juice, primitive fight-or-flight reactions and mind blanking, logic eliminating passions. We… [read more]
Lawn Chairs and You
Ed. note: If this post describes you, this is going to hurt. If it doesn’t describe you, it still applies to a minimum of 36% – 60% of eligible voters. What will we do about that? We were staggering in our rage and sorrow over 10 grannies, 2 teachers and 19 little kids having been… [read more]
Fixing It – and Another Thing
Fixing It It’s likely going to take a new Supreme Court that isn’t beholden to extremist ideology and bad influencers to fix our corrupt Congress and state legislatures who refuse the will of We The People, because here is what will be required: Declare that companies and corporations are not people and do not have… [read more]
The Insurrection Report
The January 9 Hearing “Tonight, I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.” – Liz Cheney (R-WY) Cheney is right, of course, and there are more steps to this. Some of the dishonorables will face the… [read more]
DO SOMETHING! – Part 2
Gov. “Bang-Bang” Abbott of the Shooting Gallery of Texas said he was livid at his press conference following the Uvalde massacre, this because he didn’t get the full, straight story about police actions, if there were any. His cops and his hand picked public safety officials had essentially snow jobbed him, he told us. Of… [read more]
