Category: Current Events
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Filibuster or not to Filibuster. That isn’t the question.
Sometimes, we don’t get our way in a democracy. That is a fundamental part of what makes democracy function. We are not a monolithic people. It is our individuality, coupled with our ability to work together, that has made America the nation it is.
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Economic, Pandemic, Political Threat Looms for Restaurants
Restaurants across the nation are in trouble. Not many policymakers are even talking about what is happening to these small businesses in nearly every town and city in America.
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A Brief History of Fear in American Politics: AIDS, 9/11 to Covid19
The need to have a villain does conjure memories of the fear tactics by the Christian right involved with the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.
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Doing the Difficult
Let’s hope Biden was honest when he said he would be the President for all Americans, regardless of what candidate they voted for in this election. The pandemic has only intensified and deepened the issues within the education system as well as every other aspect of basic living and survival. And, yet, Americans may not…
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Payroll, Priorities and Pandemic
The American people have been suffering and dying all year from Covid-19. Our economies are suffering and many small businesses are on the brink. We need you, Senate Republicans, to focus on us, what we need and on saving our jobs, not giving one lifetime appointment out in a rushed manner. We know you’re not…
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Trump’s Taxes
For as much as I’ve heard people claim what a great businessman Trump is, all I see is evidence that he is a carnival barker who has been able to capitalize on our nation’s lack of investment in education and infrastructure over the last 50 years.
