Those of us who lived through the first Trump Administration (January 2017-January 2021) will remember some of the players from those years (and the years immediately thereafter as Trump spread the Big Lie and encouraged violent supporters to storm the Capitol on January 6, 2021). Some of those actors are still around supporting Trump in […]
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Veritas, Disinformation and Trump 2.0
Veritas – Truth – is the motto of Harvard University. Harvard is not a perfect institution, but in its current battles against the Trump Administration, it has Veritas on its side, at least when it comes to its lawsuits. As pundits, legal scholars, academics and left-leaning politicians have been stressing for as long as Trump […]
The Effects of Trump’s Actions on Mothers
In previous blog posts – (shorter lives report, child tax credit, and family values) – we spelled out the various ways in which European and other governments help families and the ways in which we as a nation fall short in those areas. Many, if not most, families generally include mothers. Here, in the month […]
Some Positive Developments for the American People
Things sometimes change very quickly in politics! On Saturday, July 20, Joe Biden was still running for President. By early afternoon on Sunday, July 21, he was dropping out of his reelection campaign and endorsing VP Kamala Harris as his successor. Contrary to what some Republicans seem to be calling for, Biden has every intention […]
All the President’s People: The Vital Importance of the Leader’s Advisors
Yes, the person we elect as our President every four years is extremely important. Most of us hope against hope that he or she will have certain qualities for the job: competence, honesty, wide knowledge of the significant issues of the day, integrity, good mental and physical health, and others. In the complexity that is […]
Democrats in the Pipeline: Planning for the Future I
If Joe Biden wins the Presidency again this November (as millions of Americans hope!), and if the Biden-Harris Administration continues making as much progress as it has in the past four years, their successes will provide a golden opportunity for other Democrats to run for President in 2028 and beyond. Let us take a look […]
Some Plausible Reasons for Presidential Poll Results: The Dangerous Role of Fox
In December 2023, anchor Chris Hayes of MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes provided viewers and the American public with one of the best explanations as to why poll results and perhaps a general perception of President Joe Biden may be so low. In many ways, it boils down to lies, disinformation and the insidious […]
Index to the Eighth Year
Thank you for your interest in these blog posts! Here is a listing by topic for posts since October 2022. (Some posts appear in more than one category.) Social and Racial Justice, Diversity Resources and Some Good News For Black History Month 2023, 2/10/23 Celebrating Women’s History Month: A Reading List, 3/24/23 Science Meets Religion: […]
Biden-Harris Rail Improvements in Red States
Thirty-two states will soon benefit from 63 rail projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in late 2021 by the Biden-Harris Administration. According to a press release by the Department of Transportation (DOT), the “Law includes the first-ever dedicated grant program to help communities eliminate points where railroad tracks intersect with roads, which have […]
Let Us Count the Ways: Reasons to Support Democrats in November
Every national election is important, but the 2022 midterm elections may be among the most consequential in our nation’s history. As President Joe Biden stated in a prime-time address on September 1, the “extreme ideology” of Donald Trump and his adherents “threatens the very foundation of our republic.” Democrats in general often do not seem […]