November 2020, like November 2016 offers Americans a stark choice—do we want to continue going down or do we want to reverse course. Much that was good about America has been destroyed in less than four years. While almost nothing has been accomplished to make life better for most Americans. Ironically, those in the Red states who voted for Trump …
Amanda is one of us. A Wisconsin native, she is married to a sheet metal worker and together they are raising four children. She lives family values. She wants to go to Washington to fix things not tear them down. To work with everyone, not attack everyone. Amanda knows what It’s like to hold a crying child when you have …
The televised pictures of a policeman’s knee on the neck of an unarmed handcuffed black man, choking the life out of him, as fellow officers stand idly watching it happen held up a mirror into the soul of America in 2020. You cannot watch those pictures and the many others like it, and, like the cops, simply stand idly by …
Our country is falling apart in bitter divisiveness. Our President’s behavior is an embarrassment even to his supporters. He seems to admire Russia, Putin, other dictators, and himself more than his own advisors. Our Government is barely functioning. People are dying.
In 2020, if we all vote and encourage our neighbors and friends to vote, we can make a difference. …
In a daily email entitled “Letters from an American”, Historian Heather Cox Richardson is writing the history of the destruction of American democracy in real time. It is the first thing I read each morning.
If Trump is re-elected our democracy will be gone permanently. We cannot let that happen.
This election, like the last one, is going to be …
All conspiracies depend on giving less credence to what is obvious in favor of a remote preferably hidden or secret explanation. The expression “if you hear hoof beats think horses rather than zebras” is appropriate for the latest virus origin story. It emanates not from someone wrapped in tinfoil but as usual from our President and his right-wing dissemblers. The …
The Republican party has failed America. Their President is a hopeless incompetent. Their Senators refuse to stand up to him and to hear bills passed by the House. Their only constituent is “El Presidente”. Meanwhile, the future of the American people and of American democracy hangs in the balance. Neither will endure unless in November we vote out of office …
In 2020, America will be choosing more than a President and some new Senators. The election will bring in a whole new team. In politics, as in sports, success comes not from the captain or one player. Success comes from having a good team with balance and skilled players at every position. It won’t be just Biden and his VP …
We learn as children, when you misbehave there are consequences. We need some of that accountability for those who are destroying our environment and financial security. Punishment for the wicked is the foundation of the wrathful God of Old Testament. On the day of judgment, the wicked shall go to hell and only the righteous will be admitted to heaven. …
In 2016, Bernie Sanders and his supporters believed Hillary would beat Trump right up until she didn’t. They bet the future of the country believing their continuing in the race promoting progressive ideas was a positive influence on the campaign, that attacking mainstream Democrats would strengthen the party, and sitting out the election on principle would not change the outcome.…