Portland Has Set Things Back
Before all the national focus shifted from Black communities — whose lives depend on intelligent nuanced activism, and who have been putting in hard, unglamorous … Continue reading
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Nations In Glass Houses
OK, I have Chinese friends. I am an eggman: yellow (Asian) inside, white (Irish/French) outside. Spend time in the Middle Kingdom and you are gone … Continue reading
Mask Up, Save Lives
Once upon a time in COVID America, there were those who believed that the price of freedom is not wearing a mask and those who … Continue reading
The President We Need
I just read an article posted on Facebook stating Joe Biden is too far to the right; it urged progressive Democrats to not vote for … Continue reading
Protest Violence Enables Trump
Let’s not give the president four more years in office
”Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” — Martin Luther King Jr. … Continue reading
Slant
It’s months and months into this pandemic and every once in a while we take a deep breath through our fashionable face coverings and think, … Continue reading
No News Isn’t Good News
As a sports fan growing up in the Chicago suburbs, I was accustomed to rolling out of bed and dialing WH 3-3080 to get all … Continue reading
Vote Out Every GOP Senator
I am writing to express my dismay at the pattern and script President Donald Trump is running about elections. It is alarming! I can’t stand … Continue reading
The Drive-In Boys Club
This story (“Movie Nights,” EW 7-30) lists Smokey and the Bandit starring Burt Reynolds. The photo for the article is of the late Mr. Reynolds … Continue reading
No Right To Intimidate
I have gone to a variety of demonstrations for 55 years, beginning with a sympathy march for the folks at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in … Continue reading