Give 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleWe, 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...
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