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Thursday, August 20th, 2020The Constitution (Article 1, Section 8) authorizes Congress to create and fund a Post Office. The Founding Fathers foresaw the usefulness of universal, publicly owned mail service. Letter carriers have become some of the most trusted members of our communities. We all know the traditional pledge of the Post Office. “Neither snow nor rain nor […]
Donald Defunds Social Security
Thursday, August 13th, 2020Donald Trump issued an Executive order defunding Social Security of the next 4 months. In 1936 President Franklyn D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. It was the first permanent piece of social welfare legislation. It has stabilized the lives of our seniors ever since. The Social Security Administration, an agency of the […]
Generosity
Sunday, August 9th, 2020Matthew Chapter 20 starts with a parable about workers’ pay. An owner agrees to pay everyone a denarius at the start of the day. He then hires more workers periodically throughout the day, even when there was little daylight left. When it is time for the paycheck, the last hired were paid first. They received […]
Conservatives Wasted Our Summer
Thursday, July 23rd, 2020Conservative conspiracy theories have wasted our summer. Our summer was supposed to be a time to regroup and refresh. All of the other Western European countries used the summer to heal their communities. Western Europeans followed the advice of scientists and doctors. They shut down large gatherings. They implemented large-scale Covid 19 testing. They mandated […]
Conservative Apocalypse
Thursday, July 16th, 2020Apocalypse means “to lift the veil.†In an Apocalypse you can see behind the curtain. Covid 19 has been an Apocalypse for conservatives. Their reactions have shown us who they are and what they value. In May, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said, “No one reached out to me and said, ‘As a senior citizen, […]
Barometer
Thursday, June 25th, 2020In June 1944 Dwight Eisenhower faced a monumental choice. He had to decide whether or not to risk lives of thousands of troops on the beaches of Normandy. He turned to the science of meteorology before making his decision. Meteorology was still an adolescent science in 1944. Necessity is the mother of invention, and the […]
Banks of the Rubicon
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020Written by a friend. You need to understand what is happening right before your eyes.______________________________________________________________ So let’s just be very clear about a few things. Last night, Federal Law Enforcement was ordered to use violent tactics to disperse peaceful protesters in Lafayette Park. These protesters last night were not violating any law, they were not […]
Sacrifice
Friday, May 15th, 2020Sacrifice means giving something up today for a better tomorrow. Self-sacrifice is a key virtue. We give of ourselves to better those around us. Our communities honor those among us who excel at self-sacrifice. Recently, we have seen the rise of an old and ugly form of sacrifice: the sacrifice of others. A small, vocal […]
Donald Trump, The Gambler
Friday, May 8th, 2020Donald Trump is a well-known gambler. Almost all of the time, he gambles with other peoples’ money. Donald used bankruptcy laws six times to protect himself from catastrophic losses. Four of those bankruptcies involved casinos. I thought the rule was “the house always wins.†Now, Donald is gambling with our lives. Covid 19 has already […]
Public Investments: An Ounce of Prevention
Friday, April 10th, 2020Donald’s disease continues on a record pace to reverse the economy President Obama built. Public investments are an ounce of prevention. They cost less than a pound of cure. America must have robust international partnerships. Americans living, working, studying overseas tear down walls and promote openness. Americans live and learn. America live in a world. […]
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