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Tag Archives: politics
The Cure for Miasma
My lifelong buddy, Dick, recently used the word Miasma in our conversation. It is an old word, first appearing in the 1600s, that was used to describe a vaporous disease laden stink, stench, or decay that often comes from a … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Beauty, Blog, Democracy, Ethics and Morality, Mental Health, Native American, Politics, Relationships
Tagged Beauty, First Nations, Mental Health, Native American, politics, Republicans, Self Awareness, Trump, Wisdom
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Secrecy Is Killing US
Here are today’s frightening US statistics: 81,000+ Americans dead from the virus. confirmed cases 1,392,000+, new cases reported yesterday 6,533. another way to think about this is our place in the world. We have 4% of the world population, 33% … Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Business, Citizenship, Ethics and Morality, labor, Politics, Public Health
Tagged Blogosphere, Coronavirus, CoVID-19, Disease, Elderly, Evidence, Fact, FEMA, Incarcerated, Infirm, Jails and Prisons, Medicaid, Medicare, Murder, Openness, Pandemic, People of Color, politics, PPE, Republicans, Science, Secrecy, Secrets, Silencing Science, SNAP, Social Security, Supreme Court, Taxes, Testing Kits, Transparency, Trump, Vaccine
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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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Vote Climate Not Hate
Originally posted on Facebook, 10/09/2018. Yesterday, the UN IPCC report on climate change came out and the news was awful. Within a decade or so, if we don’t tackle climate change wholeheartedly and world-wide, we will pass the 1.5 C … Continue reading
Trump and the GOP’s Race to Hell
Well El Douche has taken us to a new low. It’s not a race to the bottom, it’s a race to Hell. Not surprisingly, Minnesota’s Republicans have jumped in with both feet. Hopefully it’s over their heads. The crisis at … Continue reading
Posted in OpEd, Politics
Tagged GOP, Les Phillips, Liberals. Bemocrats, minnesota, politics, Racism, Racist, Reoublican, Trump, Victimization, Victims, White Nationalists
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Waiting for Hell to Freeze Over
Not much to say. Our President continues to eviscerate our democracy and nation. His henchmen are merrily working along to totally undermine democratic traditions, role of law, you name it. It’s a race between human decency and depravity. Right now, … Continue reading →