To quote Butch Cassidy in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “Who are those guys?” To quote me regarding the Republican Party, “I haven’t a clue.” The Republican Party, the party of Lincoln, the sponsoring party behind the 13th and 14th Amendments, the party whose majority voted for The Civil…

From the play and movie, “Cabaret,” Money makes the world go around The world go around The world go around Money makes the world go around It makes the world go ‘round. To paraphrase the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, there is enough money for everyone’s need but not everyone’s greed…

My current Medium bio states; “Due to the current threats to our democracy, my blogs, for now, will focus on those threats.” The threats remain ominous and are flowing like the Styx River about to burst its banks. November 8th slowed it some. …

In a recent survey, seventy-five percent of respondents said we are in a recession. We are not. You cannot be in a recession with unemployment at historical lows, 200,000 to 300,000 jobs still being created monthly, solid GDP growth, and decent wage growth. Yes, inflation is still higher than wage…

As I write this, I have just returned from my 24th week of disaster response since early 2006, post-Katrina. The latest week was spent in Port Charlotte, FL in response to Hurricane Ian. Heretofore, Ian was best known as the male lead in “My Big, Fat Greek Wedding.” According to…

No matter what the media tries to convey. No matter what the Republicans try to sell us, the United States is not evenly divided on most issues important to us. The media meme is that we are a divided country. To the average citizen, that sounds like 50/50. We are…

Sorry for my silence the past few months. It was a busy summer — a fly-in Canadian fishing trip, a month-long visit from our French family, sixteen days in and around Italy, and three reunions. I could fill the rest of my productive and healthy years with these pleasures. Yes…

Nearly ninety percent of Trump’s judicial appointees are Federalist Society members. Current and former members include the Six Subversive Supremes. Who is the Federalist Society? Are they legit? Yes, but so was Trump’s 2016 election win. Launched in the 1980s, it was a pretty harmless collection of conservative law students…

It is cathartic to draft most of this blog on July 4th — a citizen’s duty. In light of the most devastating ruling by this renegade court, the one affecting the most of us — women — I am reminded of two current Facebook memes: “4th of July has been…