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The Mistake of Not Listening To Women
As the march toward disempowering women continues, mostly in the courts, I’m reminded that: Hillary was right. About everything. Kamala knew who Trump was, and she told us. Anita Hill warned us abo…
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August 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Hey! Let’s Put On A Show!
Long before I was a teenager, there were these movies on Saturday afternoons on television that featured Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. There were a bunch of them, but they all had the same theme:…
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August 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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I Don’t ever ask people to do something for my blog, but I would ask that you share this one as far and wide as possible, with the chance it actually gets to a Republican In Congress. Thank you for your consideration.
June 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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What Exactly Have The Republicans Done?
I know it’s not election season yet, and I think it’s possible that we may never have another election, but before we close down shop, I want to ask a question that is normally asked during electio…
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June 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Some Basic Reminders
There was a time when everyone knew these things, so I thought I’d try to bring us back to those days with these thoughts… think of it as a “philosophical pallet cleanser”. Kidnapping is a crime. I…
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June 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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What If We’re Already Free?
Juneteenth is today, so I want to do a little thought experiment. The story of Juneteenth, as I understand it is that today is the day the news got to Texas that all the slaves had been freed… long…
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June 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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What Did They Do?
I saw the news today that ICE has deported 100,000 “illegal aliens” and had to say something . Mostly,though, I have questions. The Big One: WHAT DID THEY DO? How do we know that they&#…
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June 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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The Budget And The Reality of The Math
We hear, in this budget bill, and in daily news, “Millions” and “Billions” and, at times “Trillions” of dollars to be spent, cut, wasted, made, etc….. In a…
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June 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Birthright Citizenship in the Kingdom of God
I just attended a Bible Study on the book of Acts , particularly as it apples to LGBTQ+ people and the expanse of Christianity from being an exclusive sect of Judaism to being an inclusive religion…
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May 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Veterans, Memorial Day, and Our Honor
I guess this is Memorial Day Weekend. I always think of it as being the last days of the month, (i.e the 31st), but here it is and I guess it’s this weekend. As a pastor and a pacifist, I really ha…
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May 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Simple Math, Simple English ==> Trust for Congress
The “Big, Beautiful, Bill” may be big, but it is not beautiful. In fact, it’s so ugly … (How ugly is it?) that even Republicans don’t like it, and they have a “t…
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May 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Reclaiming lives that matter …

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What’s The Opposite of A Blessing ?
I just listened/ watched a Zoom conversation with one of the Little Rock Nine and I realized something based in what she said. The woman said she prays for Donald Trump weekly as part of her faith …
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May 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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OK, Republicans… You’re Up.
I hear you folks are anti-science now, and anti-education as well, but I have a question for you: If a plane starts at 20,000 feet in the air and suddenly drops 5,000 then 5,000 more, but the pilot…
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April 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Testing For A Soul
Ok, MAGA folks and Republicans in Congress, forget the Constitution. Apparently that doesn’t work for you. Forget the Rule of Law. That’s been over for a while now. Let’s try something else: your s…
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March 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Julie, A Public Health Nurse
John: Ok.
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March 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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“When The Revolution Comes…”
When I was in college, we used to say “When The Revolution Comes”…the world is going to look like this and we’d list off all kinds of things we hoped would happen — things like peace, love, harmony…
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March 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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@msnbc.com, @# sisters-in-law,
I never considered the Secret Service political, or the FBI post-J. Edgar Hoover, but this recent invasion by the police with FBI of an office in DC reminds me of the gestapo. I’d like to be wrong. Am I?
March 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Susan Collins has “no idea how this was forgotten”. It wasn’t forgotten. It just wasn’t included!
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March 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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A Lot of Questions For The President and The Congress
Could The Press Please Ask Them?
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March 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Prove Me Wrong, Please… (In Time For The State of The Union )
Donald Trump lies. A lot. He cannot be trusted ever. Kash Patel lied at his hearing. The measles outbreak will get worse. DOGE is not about saving money. It’s a con. Donald Trump is a Russian asset…
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March 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Some Thoughts For Dems
First off, let me say that Chris Murphy is great. In fact, he’s so great that I don’t want to call him and disrupt his work, but I do. Sometimes I call his office just to say “Keep up the good work…
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March 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Gee, Maybe Government Does Things…
I have never understood the concept of “Deep State”. Government was never a boogie man to me. Certain administrations, maybe, or certain choices in the budget, no doubt, but government ? In a gover…
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February 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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If The People Lead, The Leaders Will Follow
Years ago, when I was involved in the anti-nuke movement, there was a saying that struck me as off-kilter. Later as a family systems therapist, I understood the problem with it. Lately, though, I k…
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February 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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This Is What Democracy Looks Like!
I went to a rally today in Hartford Connecticut, one of 50 rallies in 50 state, all at the same time, put together by “50501”. It was really grassroots — there were no speakers — but there were a l…
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February 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Questions For The Hopeful
I just listened to Rebecca Solniz on a Nation podcast and was so inspired by her, I thought I’d ask different questions today.
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