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Category Archives: OpEd
No Kings
He’s Not My King. UPDATED 10/19/2025: 5:00pm Yesterday’s No King Day filled me with hope. I spent the day bouncing between coverage from across the U.S. and the World. For the first time in months, I was proud of our … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Being American, Blog, Coup d"etat, OpEd, Politics, United States, Vote
Tagged Democracy, Editorial Cartoon, Golden Rain, Les Phillips, Republicans
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An Urgent Alarm
Friday night, I sat paralyzed watching the Rachel Maddow Show. Her hour was an urgent alarm jammed with bad news. The Insurrection is well entrenched in our government and our society. We barely survived January 6th . The people most … Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Citizenship, Coup d"etat, Democracy, Ethics and Morality, History, Justice, OpEd, Politics, United States, Vote
Tagged Coup d"etat, Danger, Democracy, Democrats, GOP, Insurrection, Liberals, Neoconservative, Trump
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Voting 2020
I am celebrating the arrival of a fat gift from the Democracy Fairy, my Vote By Mail packet for Minnesota’s upcoming Primary on August 11, 2020. We can’t guard our freedoms by sitting on our butts. We all need to become actively engaged now and continue through to the election and then beyond. Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Being American, Citizenship, Democracy, Justice, OpEd, Politics, United States, Vote
Tagged Convention, Coup d"etat, Danger, Democracy, Duty, Editorial, Founders, Freedom, Hardship, Rebels, Republican, Right to Vote, Traitor, Trump, U.S. Constitution, Vote By Mail, Voter Suppression
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Unidentified Federal Agents Surround Peaceful Protestors
Original Photo Library of CongressKu Klux Klan Rally, 1923The Hammond StudioMeridian and Jackson Mississippi
Posted in Being American, Coup d"etat, Democracy, History, OpEd, Politics, United States
Tagged 1923, Agent Provocateur, Cartoon, Coup d"etat, Editorial, Freedom of Speech, history, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Trump
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Two Deadly Viruses Are Loose in America
I’m following Trump’s handling of the growing Corona-virus, CoVid-19, pandemic. The virus is not Trump’s fault. Oddly, it provides him a unique opportunity to be a national hero, if he acts swiftly and effectively to protect Americans from this lethal … Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Blog, Citizenship, Ethics and Morality, OpEd, Politics
Tagged Carona-virus, CoVID-19, Elections, Freedom, Malignancy, MERs, Misinformation, National Emergency, Power, Rule of Law, SARs, Stiffling Descent, Stiffling Science, Trump, Weaponizing Information
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Maintaining My Balance in an Unbalanced World
An important insight I’ve stumbled into, is that my day in the sun is past. I can no longer stay involved with the energy and passion I had when I was younger. I’ve said it about Biden and now must apply it to myself, It’s time to let the younger folks take over Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Blog, Climate Change, Mental Health, OpEd, Politics, Relationships
Tagged climate change, Conservative, Democrat, global warming, Incitement, Media, Mental Health, News, Newscaster, politics, progressive, Republican, social justice, Stress, Wellbeing
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