The 1776 Project
The report from Trump’s “Advisory 1776 Commission” claims that America’s universities are “hotbeds of Anti-Americanism, libel, and censorship that combine to generate in students and in the broader culture at the very least disdain and at worst outright hatred of this country.”
The Anger is Frightening!
Despite all their raging fury, most of the deluded self-described “patriots” who invaded the U.S. Capitol have very little to be angry about except the fear of losing their white privilege in what is becoming a multi-racial, multi-cultural society.
White TRASH Privilege
The horrendous events at the U.S. Capitol last week were a sad reminder that whiteness still bestows privilege on some of the least fortunate in our society, people filled with hatred and resentment because they have lost all sense of self-worth except for their whiteness.
Farewell 2020!
How can Trump’s supporters look at what happened in 2020 and not want him banished from our lives? How is it possible not to see what a disastrous, failed president he was? How could they vote for him, let alone want his defeat overturned?
Trump Pardons Blackwater Killers
While African Americans in this country are still fighting for recognition that Black Lives matter, Trump’s pardon of the Blackwater killers sends a message that ONLY white lives matter, that everyone else on this earth is nothing but fodder for white power.
Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville
Newly elected Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, who may support a Congressional challenge to the Electoral College results, thinks Americans fought World War II to liberate Europe from socialism, not the Nazis, who were fascists, not socialists.
They’ve Shown Us Who They Are (aka Profiles in Schmuckness!)
I’ve quoted Maya Angelou before and, sadly, I’ll probably quote her again: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them.” The last time I used those words I was referring to the Republican “base,” but this time I’m talking about the Republican Party itself, most especially the 126 House members and 18 attorney’s general […]
A New Republican Party
In case you’ve ever wondered why an avowed enemy of Southern Democrats—from Reconstruction through Jim Crow, all the way up to the Dixiecrats and the segregationists of the 1950s and 60s—and supporter of Abraham Lincoln and the likes of Thaddeus Stevens (a leader of the radical faction of the Republican Party during the Civil War […]
Unhappy Holidays!
We’ve surely had some sad Christmas seasons during the Civil War (I spent Christmas of 1862, for example, in a muddy, frozen army camp in the woods outside Fredericksburg, VA) and other times in our nation’s history, but I fear this one is shaping up to be among the worst. The food lines are only […]
Trump Just Plays Golf
Why does Trump want to stay president so badly if the only thing he does in the job is play golf?
Stop the Steal!
There’s no evidence the Democrats stole the election from President Trump, but that’s almost irrelevant to “MAGAs” demanding “Stop the Steal.” It’s fairly obvious they feel their country has been stolen from them and they’re willing to do anything to get it back.
Hallelujah! Trump is ALMOST gone.
When it comes to healing our country and restoring national unity, based on his refusal to accept the reality of defeat, President Trump remains the elephant in the room or, in his case, the pink (well, maybe orange) elephant in the White House.
Banning the Trump Flag
When I first set out to share my opinions and tell you my story, it was my intention to focus on those things that are most important to me based on my own tragic life, which ended, of course, over 150 years ago in the midst of America’s great Civil War. As I think my […]
Sick of COVID, but Sicker of Trump!
President Trump not only remains in denial but has the audacity to claim that Americans are “sick” of hearing about the COVID pandemic, as if it’s a reality show and they’ll change the channel. Maybe his base is sick of hearing about it, but the rest of us are just sick and dying!s
Baffled
If sometimes I sound like a know it all because I’ve been hanging about this earth for going on 200 years, I not only apologize but let me come right out and admit how baffled I am by events of late. The fact that I hardly remember a time this crazy, or a president so irrational, […]
Trump is a Lifelong Failure
President Trump’s complete failure to lead in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic is only one more example in a long list of failures. None of us should be surprised that he’s incapable of just about anything except irrational, sometimes painfully irrelevant, narcissistic megalomania. (Hey, what did you think of that Mussolini imitation on the […]
Our Grifter President
Unlike essential workers and first line responders, who have had no choice but to be exposed to
the virus—never mind those in prisons, homeless shelters, farm worker housing, and nursing
homes—Trump got the virus because he was reckless and stupid.
Our Liberty At Stake Vol. 1-4
Blue States vs. Red States Ain’t the Issue
It’s clear that President Trump only cares about his own interests and getting reelected and has no vision for America whatsoever. If his “base” subscribes to Senate Leader McConnell’s antiquated, old white man’s vision for America, that’s all the President needs to know.
It’s NOT China’s Fault
Our fearless leader, President Trump, has now compared his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic to the leadership of Winston Churchill and FDR during World War II. Surely, he jests. Isn’t he the same president who said, “I don’t take responsibility at all”? Churchill led his country through the Battle of Britain, in which more than […]