In a bone-chilling piece published in The New York Times yesterday morning (July 17, 2023), the goals of Trump's plans for a second term are clearly laid out and will bring an end to life as we know it. What is that goal? "...[T]o alter the balance of power by increasing the president's authority over every part of the federal government..."
Happy 4th of July 2023: Celebrating the Erosion of American Rights & Freedoms
As we head into the 4th of July holiday weekend, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) once again gives us even less reason to feel the least bit celebratory. In sweeping rule, SCOTUS rules for Christian web designer’s free speech over LGBTQ+ protections Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan Divided Supreme Court outlaws affirmative action in...
College Board Learns Lesson: Takes Stand Against Florida on AP Course Content
The College Board sent out a nationwide notice to public educators today finally taking a stand against the Florida Department of Education’s demands for modified Advanced Placement (AP) course curriculum. Learning from their prior missteps in bending to Florida’s will regarding the content of AP African American Studies curriculum, the notice states that requested changes to exclude...
It *Really IS* a Battle for the Soul of the Nation
There’s a. lot. going on these days. Feeling like the mighty walls of our democratic republic are crumbling down all around you? I get it. I feel it too. Did any of us really expect anything else to happen? We’ve lived on borrowed time, it seems, with merely the facade of a just and fair and representative government. I wish I could pinpoint the moment in history when it stopped...
Dear Florida: An Open Letter
Dear Florida, I’m writing to you today from a place of great heartache. I know I’ve been rather distant in recent years, and the divide between us continues to grow deeper and wider with each passing day. We had a good run back in the day. The thoughts and memories of your sunshine, your glorious palms, beautiful ocean views, and fabulous sunsets and sunrises kept me going and got me...
Let’s talk about freedom and the choice between ‘normal or crazy’
Anyone else who listened to the Republican response to the State of the Union address feeling a little like you’d been dropped into some sort of bizarre Opposite Land? The response, delivered by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, seemed rife with obvious examples of projection and gaslighting. Though one statement, above all, rang loudest in its unintended universal truth: “The dividing...
No, the church is NOT supposed to direct the US government.
Can we all just take a few minutes to think back on our early history lessons? In response to: Boebert says she is 'tired' of separation between church and state: 'The church is supposed to direct the government' Let’s begin with why many of the settlers in the original colonies came here: specifically to escape religious persecution. I may not remember much from elementary school, but I...
The Foundation of Freedom
is choice. Plain and simple. When a faction of any populace aims to deny, remove, or otherwise block the ability to choose from any other faction of a populace, it is inherently and unquestionably working to deny freedom and promote oppression. I don’t know how to break it down any simpler. I’m not just talking about abortion rights, though that is often the topic that comes to mind...