Religion has historically been a two-sided issue. On the one side, it is about belief in a God, a higher power, and hopefully that God is a guiding force toward tempering the human character. That God requires human kindness to strangers, and it requires human beings to help others carry their burdens in times of …
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Dim, Dark Days
I am continuously upset with the born-again Christians who seem to have gained enormous power in this country, and especially with the present administration. They, like their Führer Trump, are without compassion, without brains, and, worst of all, without any sense of rationality. They believe that they alone should have the right to live above …
An Investment in Health is an Investment in Wealth
When I Have Fears Part 5 Before President Obama brought the concept of Nation Healthcare, we were the only country in the developed world that didn’t have a health program that covered every citizen. Perhaps ObamaCare was not perfect. It is my personal belief that medicare insurance should cost the same from one state to …
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America, the Beautiful
When I Have Fears Part 4 Today we should be listening carefully to the scientific community. All we need today is to look around us. Look at the fires in California driven by unprecedented wind storms. Look at the rising tides eating away at the once familiar shorelines and endangering homes perched on those shores. …
Access to Birth Control and Knowledge is a Human Right
When I Have Fears Part 3 If the increase in worldwide population is the issue that many people believe it is, then we should look closely at our own Congress and our own government for the irresponsible role that they play. Among the very first actions taken by this administration was to institute a worldwide …
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Shedding Light on Civil Rights
When I Have Fears Part 2 The progress that has been made through careful and insightful legal action to improve the conditions under which people live, work, and survive in America are systematically being destroyed by a man who, by cheating, lying, and stealing, has managed to survive and flourish. The following weeks will be …
When I have fears…
Part 1 I am sure that Trump has fears that he may cease to be before he has destroyed our nation and brought us all down with him. Alone and desperate, he sits at his desk in the Oval Office and dreams up actions he can take to hasten our demise as a nation, as …
I Spy
Hoda Mathana left the United States to join ISIS in Syria, fully knowing that The Caliphate was dedicated to the destruction of the USA. In my opinion this woman , Hoda Mathana, should be left in the Syrian Refugee Camp where she is now. She was an adult when she made up her mind to …
The Huddled Masses
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” – Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus” Engraved on the Statue of Liberty In view of the present inhumane approach to …
ACHTUNG!
ACHTUNG! 1. Attention! 2. Beware! Anybody who lived through WWII who is still alive today will remember that “ACHTUNG!” was the Nazi call to attention. They recognize the classic signs and symbols of a systematic takeover by a totalitarian dictator. Do not forget that it was the people of Germany who voted Hitler into power, …