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Thursday, December 17th, 2020I thought that we lived in the state of Texas. Looking at Republican politicians, we must live in the state of denial. Joe Biden won 306 Electoral College votes and 81,283,495 individual votes. Joe Biden easily won the Presidency. There is no doubt. Even Republicans in the states Biden won, say Biden won. No lawsuit […]
Best Days Ahead of Us
Thursday, December 3rd, 2020I always get a chuckle when people talk about the “good ol’ days.†When people image the past, they usually imagine themselves in a utopian cottage or a royal palace. For the vast majority of people in past, their life was nasty, brutish, and short. Before the late 1900s, humans lacked basic knowledge of microbiology […]
Democracies Count Votes
Thursday, November 5th, 2020Legendary coach Yogi Berra said, “It ain’t over till it’s over.†In baseball it’s the last out. He wanted his players to play until the end. In politics elections are over after the last vote counted. Once again we see the hollowness of conservative understanding of States’ Rights and Constitutional Law. States, not presidents, set […]
Original Intent…to Discriminate
Tuesday, October 13th, 2020The “original intent” of the 14th Amendment never included “all persons” even though the text say “all persons.” Courts have slowly expanded “all” to mean “all.” Judge Barrett will follow the “original intent”, not evolved precedent, or what the English called common law. Conservatives have already said they will pass law allowing employers to discriminate […]
Healthcare Peril
Thursday, October 1st, 2020If we learned anything over the last 7 months, it is that Donald Trump would make a horrible healthcare provider. Imagine asking him if you had cancer. Donald would lie to keep you from panicking. Contrary to the fact that quick treatment could save your life.  Covid 19 has killed more than 200,000 Americans. Who […]
1933, 1954, 2020 SCOTUS
Thursday, September 24th, 20201954 was a pivotal year in the history of the United States. Since 1933, a coalition of representatives from Northern cities and rural Southern states had worked to improve the lives of average Americans. Franklin Delano Roosevelt built that coalition. The fruits of the coalition were collectively known as the New Deal, or the welfare […]
Post Office Trust
Thursday, August 20th, 2020The Constitution (Article 1, Section 8) authorizes Congress to create and fund a Post Office. The Founding Fathers foresaw the usefulness of universal, publicly owned mail service. Letter carriers have become some of the most trusted members of our communities. We all know the traditional pledge of the Post Office. “Neither snow nor rain nor […]
Donald Defunds Social Security
Thursday, August 13th, 2020Donald Trump issued an Executive order defunding Social Security of the next 4 months. In 1936 President Franklyn D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. It was the first permanent piece of social welfare legislation. It has stabilized the lives of our seniors ever since. The Social Security Administration, an agency of the […]
Generosity
Sunday, August 9th, 2020Matthew Chapter 20 starts with a parable about workers’ pay. An owner agrees to pay everyone a denarius at the start of the day. He then hires more workers periodically throughout the day, even when there was little daylight left. When it is time for the paycheck, the last hired were paid first. They received […]
Heal the Pain
Thursday, July 30th, 2020How do we react to pain? Do we treat it or ignore it? The answer to this question is at the heart of the argument between liberals and conservatives. In October of 1929 Wall Street crashed. The financial markets froze as speculators could not pay their loans. Banks lost income and failed. Bank failures wiped […]
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