Killers

This Republican Administration (and its supporters) are anti-life. They have actively and forcefully implemented policies and taken actions that have already killed thousands of people and will eventually kill millions. They are billing these murderous actions as mere “policy changes” that will be “more efficient” and “save money.” Republicans claim to only be interested in … Read more

Jack-booted Thugs

The Republican Administration claims the right to arrest and “disappear” anyone to another state (or to another country), at any time, by masked men, without charging them with any crime. This is outrageous, illegal, and unconstitutional. The Republican Administration does not care. When ordered to stop the deportation of five named plaintiffs to a foreign … Read more

Permission to be a Bully

Thirty percent of American adults suffer abusive conduct at work. This affects 76.3 million workers. According to ongoing surveys taken by the Workplace Bullying Institute, bullying in the American workplace is up 11% since 2017. The 2017 survey was taken during Donald Trump’s first year in the presidency. At that time leadership experts coined the … Read more

Minority Rule in the US

The norm of accepting defeat and peacefully relinquishing power is the foundation of modern democracy. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt Something is very wrong with America. Donald Dodo’s* BIG LIE about the 2020 election continues to have a dangerous, corrupting, and corrosive influence on our people and on our democratic institutions. It is absolutely astonishing … Read more

The Golden Rule

The “Golden Rule” is often considered to be a one sentence summary of what Christianity is all about. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:12 Jesus said this in the context of promising that … Read more

Spreading hatred at Christmas time

While shopping three days before Christmas, I saw a group of 3 or 4 young men walk by a large display of Christmas wrapping paper that was on sale. One of them said, gleefully, “I’d like to take all the Democrats and wrap them all up in a ball and throw them away!” I was … Read more

Delusion in America

Delusion – A fixed false belief that is resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact. (Dictionary.com) You know these people – at work, in your family, in your church congregation. They will firmly tell you that Joe Biden “stole” the 2020 election. They will tell you that climate change is a hoax. Some of … Read more

Will the Republicans be able to escape Trumpism?

One of the hallmarks of Democracy is the peaceful transfer of power from one elected administration to the next. This is especially important when the outgoing and the incoming administrations are from opposing parties. It is, of course, difficult to lose a hard-fought contest, but the mature response is always for the loser to stand … Read more