ACTING ON ISSUES It’s easy to stand at a distance on important issues. One can protest, call, write, or just have an opinion about a cause. And I care about many! But it’s different to see the faces of the people affected by a policy, a cruel policy in this…
Many of us fought for women’s reproductive rights back in the 60-70’s and we thought that battle was won. But with recent legislation in many southern states, along with Ohio and Missouri this issue has to be re litigated again. This week in particular the Alabama legislation enraged women and …
Ann Frank 1943 Back in 1943, Ann Frank was only 14 when she wrote this in her diary. (SEE BOTTOM OF BLOG) She would soon after be imprisoned where she sadly died a few months before the end of the war. Coincidentally, my grandson is now 14 and I just…
WINNER DOESN’T WIN??? In what game or country does the winner with the highest score or most votes not win? Ours! What if you held a baseball game, and instead of the one with the most points winning, the umpires got together and voted for the winner? Would the crowd…
HISTORY OF ERA The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress on March 22, 1972 and it was sent to the states for ratification. In order to be added to the Constitution, it needed approval by legislatures in three-fourths (38) of the 50 states. By 1977, the legislatures of 35 states had approved…
In an effort to squash the progressive agenda, the latest attack by the ‘right’ is around socialism. They are trying to paint it is an ugly, scary thing. It is their latest attempt to undermine the work of people like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), who proclaim to be…
Since we’ve been commemorating Martin Luther King this past week, women marched for the third year in a row on Saturday, and the madness in the White House continues, I decided to come up with my own “I have a Dream List”: I HAVE A DREAM THAT….. ….Government workers return…
I am asking voters to vote YES on Prop. 112, a simple, sensible proposition that will provide more safety for our homes and schools by setting fracking distances back 2,500 feet (about 3 more blocks). It doesn’t ban fracking, it just makes our children and families safer! In the past…