Don’t forget to call or visit Mom today! Since I’m not particularly clever or poetic, please enjoy some quotes I found through the magic of the interwebs… “It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?” – Mahatma Gandhi “A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting … More Happy Mother’s Day (2019)!
Originally posted on Progressive Express:
We all know that Mark Zuckerberg is a self-made multi-billionaire tech-entrepreneur but I am not sure that we really understand what that means to the rest of us. Because Mark owns and operates Facebook, he owns and operates the platform that serves as the primary source of news information for…
Originally posted on Progressive Express:
Let me get this straight: the most openly racist president since Andrew Johnson is running for re-election in 2020 and suddenly- in the middle of 2019- a debate about slavery reparations breaks out? Let’s add a little bit more spice to this stew: the most racist president in the last…
Yep.
Originally posted on Progressive Express:
Barack Obama was fond of reminding his talented, young, energetic, enthusiastic and idealistic staff members that “Better is good.” He made a habit of doing so because quite often the incremental solutions that the administration was able to get through the broken machinery of D.C. politics seemed far too mild…
As of this writing, the full report from Special Counsel Mueller. We do have a letter from Attorney General Barr. There is lots of discussion and analysis – as well as both celebration and despondency – over Barr’s letter. Here are some things to consider. Barr’s letter does not provide an exoneration of the President, … More The Mueller Report
The discussion over the electoral college has been reinvigorated with Elizabeth Warren coming out in opposition to it. I’ll plagiarize myself below with my thoughts on the EC overall. In short, I don’t see a need for it, and I am not persuaded by the arguments in favor of keeping it. However, none of that … More Electoral College
Originally posted on Progressive Express:
I’ve said it in this space many times before but it bears repeating for purposes of this discussion: I listen to a great deal of right-wing talk radio. Because I am actively engaged in political discourse I have to know what is being said by the opposition opinion makers in…
Originally posted on The View from the Armchair:
The immigration system as we know it today is only a little over 100 years old. When the quota system that we now have was first implemented, it was based on the proposals of the Dillingham Commission, which framed its research from the context of immigration as…
Originally posted on Progressive Express:
Americans have every reason in the world to be clear-eyed about what is happening to us right now. We know how this “world domination” thing usually turns out- and we’ve been riding it hard since the end of World War II. Eventually, it always comes to an end. We know…
