Tag: White Privilege

As someone who lived in the middle of the 19th century, well before the advent of modern medicine, I find myself utterly perplexed that so …

If you’re looking for a catalog of the worst lies and propaganda spewed by MAGA Republicans during the Trump era, look no further than the …

Last week President Biden signed an executive order “promoting competition” in business, which will hopefully help stem the ever-rising tide of inequality in America.  In …

We’ve now learned that when a group of “Trump Republicans” should have been in Washington to vote on the January 6 Commission (to investigate the …

How can anyone fail to be struck by the degree of raging anger held by a sizeable group of the American people, mostly white supporters …

This past week witnessed two no-brainer votes in Congress: 1) establishing Juneteenth—a commemoration of emancipation—as a federal holiday; and 2) awarding the Congressional Gold Medal, …

Critical Race Theory (CRT) is the Trump Republican’s latest boogeyman, both on the stump and in Republican dominated statehouses across the country, and they are …

Am I the only one getting more than a little impatient with the Democrats, both the Biden Administration and in Congress?  I constantly rail against …

Before I go on another rant about the foolishness of QAnon believers, let me explain why I sometimes sympathize with believers of Trump’s “big lie.” …

Presumably your humble spirit isn’t the only one whose frustration and anger is growing over police bodycam footage not being used for its intended purpose—that …

Regretfully, I am beginning to wonder if some people—that is, the MAGA crowd of Trump supporters—aren’t downright crazy.  I understand that Trump fed them the …

I’ve written a lot about the Republican Party being at war with itself and falling apart, but now it has unquestionably evolved into the “party …

Despite what Republican Senator Tim Scott of the “great state” of South Carolina says, we all know that America is undeniably a racist country, a …

While most of us are celebrating justice for George Floyd and hope it represents a positive turning point for our country, a sizeable minority on …

While we can all rejoice in Derek Chauvin being found guilty of all charges in the killing of George Floyd, this humble spirt is running …

The medical experts who testified in the Derek Chauvin trial have established that George Floyd had stopped breathing and lost his pulse long before Chauvin …

The killing of George Floyd last spring supposedly opened America’s eyes to racism and sparked a new racial awakening in the country.  But now the …

So, what do you think of Georgia Governor Kemp signing a bill to curtail voting rights and suppress the Democratic vote, happily surrounded by a …

Republican legislators in states across the country want to limit early voting and place more restrictions on mail-in voting. They want us to believe the Democrats can only win through voter fraud, but evidence suggests the Republicans can only win through voter suppression.

Senator Ron Johnson finally spoke the simple truth of why he and other Trump supporters have so little concern about what happened at the Capitol—the insurrectionists were members of their WHITE team. If nothing else, we owe him a debt of gratitude for laying the truth bare.