It’s not often that I break into my queue. Not because I am rigid- but because there often is not a special reason to say something right NOW.
Tag Archives: Donald Trump
Those that don’t study history…
This has been in my queue for a while. Not because it isn’t important- but because, among my many skills, talents, and training, being an historian is not among them.
Deviant Destruction
Today, I ‘ll discuss some of the upcoming changes to PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare) that are coming. Yes, I’ve brought some of them up– and because there’s a lot of information, I will continue this discussion tomorrow, too.
He cannot tell a lie.
There’s a big problem in America. One that scares the crap out of me.
For years, we Americans pointed to the FSU (former Soviet Union), Turkey, Venezuela, China as states that made up news to keep their citizens in line. We never emulated them- we made fun of them. We derided the fact that their propaganda that purported to be news could be believed.
Walks like a duck. Talks like a duck…
NOTE: I have had enough. I must speak out. NOW.
I have written before about my experiences as a child and young adult. (I also spoke about groups spewing hatred. Also here.) Where, despite living in Metropolitan New York, my neighborhood was 99.9% Catholic, Irish and Italian. And most of the kids went to Catholic school, where they were taught that the Jews killed Christ. And, my brother and I were explicitly taught that we were going to be the targets of their vengeance.
Wake Up, America
So, yesterday, I used a similar title to discuss the danger to your identity. That you should protect yourself from unscrupulous tax preparation services. Who care more about their revenue than they do about your protection.
Truth, Justice, and the American Way?
I remember being assigned to read ‘The Jungle’ by Upton Sinclair and ‘Elmer Gantry’ by Sinclair Lewis way back in what is now called middle school. Admittedly, I often confused the two writers’ names, but I enjoyed the two books immensely. And, learned that our commerical (and religious) industries still need a lot of work. (That still hasn’t changed all that much in half a century, either.)