The United States is so divided these days and the new president has done nothing to reduce the tension between liberals and conservatives. He was the divider-in-chief in his first administration and continues to be so in the current one. Since Trump's inauguration on Monday, January 20, he has issued many executive orders to "make … Continue reading Hope Amid Trump’s America: Future Perspectives
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It’s Showbiz Time
By John McGilvray The greatest show in the land has pitched up in town a high wire act, bareback rider and clown. The carnival’s here, buy a ticket for this his acolytes cheer, his enemies hiss. Redneck supporters holler and yell as they clamber aboard the Trump carousel. This ringmaster has no need of top … Continue reading It’s Showbiz Time
Wasted –A Crap Rap of News
By John Dodd Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro The orange fool will be back in the White House Turning it into a shite house How could they vote for a man such as he? What a wasted democracy Sir Keir Starmer's the harmer of old Tory voters Taking away their winter heating quotas He … Continue reading Wasted –A Crap Rap of News
Back in the USA
We are back in Chicagoland for our annual visit and hope is in the air. Everyone I have spoken to so far is predicting that Kamala Harris will beat Donald Trump in the presidential election this November. What a difference a few weeks make. After Trump was almost killed in Pennsylvania a few weeks ago, … Continue reading Back in the USA
Despondency Sets In: US Political Situation Seems So Dire
In front of US Supreme Court after immunity decision announced My husband Rick and I used to like to talk about politics and current events. This is one of the things that attracted me to him when we first met back in 1986 and then got married in 1988. However, the political situation now in … Continue reading Despondency Sets In: US Political Situation Seems So Dire
Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West
"Putin understands that Russia can spend any amount of money it wants [on sowing chaos in the West]. The obschak, the black-cash box, has become the size of the budget, and they can give orders to the oligarchs as well. It is a mafia that has seized power, and the state is acting as the … Continue reading Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West
Fox News Hosts Lie Without Shame
“Fox News holds its viewers in contempt because it refuses to tell the truth.” —Robert Hubbell, US political analyst. Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingram and Sean Hannity A 1.6 billion dollar defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News for lying about the 2020 Presidential election is turning into a firehose of damaging information … Continue reading Fox News Hosts Lie Without Shame
Alien Nation
I used to love my country. I was proud of it. No more. Constant gun violence and Nothing done about it. Shootings in schools, movie theaters, shopping malls, synagogues and churches, to name a few places struck by senseless violence. So many broken lives. Twenty children slaughtered by a young man with an AR-15 and … Continue reading Alien Nation
What’s That Book? Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Welcome to What’s That Book, sharing book recommendations from readers and bloggers. Today’s guest reviewer is Nancy Blodgett Klein Title: Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents, published in August 2020 Author: Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration Genre: Non-Fiction ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. … Continue reading What’s That Book? Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
My Broken, Divided Country
This Trump flag, carried into the US Capitol by protestors, says "Law and Order" on it. How does trespassing on government property align with "Law and Order?" Listening to arguments for and against the second impeachment of Donald Trump in the US House of Representatives the other night, I was struck by how much anger … Continue reading My Broken, Divided Country
US Author Nancy Klein in Spain 