Believe it or not, he has some The other day, I wrote that it was ridiculous to expect the Democrats to want to help a man who had done nothing to engender trust among Democrats or even be marginally decent but now I think something has to be afoot. …

There was no upside to the Democrats helping McCarthy No, Matt Lewis, this would not have been a “political win” for the Democrats I am getting very tired of hearing from Republicans that Democrats need to step in and fix things. Last weekend, Democrats did just that for then-Speaken Kevin McCarthy (R- ̶L̶a̶ ̶L̶a̶ ̶L̶a̶n̶d̶CA) only to be blamed for the government nearly shutting down. On CBS’s Face the Nation, he said:

Why are they afraid of doing big things? We aren’t in Ronald Reagan’s America anymore There are a lot of things about that sentence that prove we are in a better place now than we were then. I miss the days when I railed against the policies he & Nancy promoted; I think they did a lot…

Never has the earth seen such snowflakes and white men in the United States — For years, I saw this happen: Black people call out racism, and white men (and women) accuse them of “playing the race card.” Women try to press charges of rape and are told, “You’ll be dragged through the mud, let it go.” Members of the LGBTQ community try to live…

Slavery, like genocide, is not a problem of the past but surrounds us every day You may not know it but you have products in your home that were made by slaves. If you have any cotton items, a car, plastic, tomatoes, sugar, and more, you have items that went through Xinjiang, China. That means your purchases helped the Uyghur Genocide. Want to see if…

Where’s Greg House when you need him? — As I have mentioned, my mother moved to Long Island on August 1st because she no longer felt safe living at home because she is having a host of problems including memory problems, visual disturbances (including hallucinations), paranoia, problems moving, and trouble sleeping. Since Ann moved in, I have gone…

DeSantis lets parents use school voucher money for Disney and luxury items, where else can this lead? — The connection between child labor laws and compulsory education Students across the United States must attend school or receive an education in an equivalent place. This was not always the case. In fact, for some states, the right to a free and mandatory education is only about a century old. There are a number of reasons for this. One…

My mom has it and now lives with me. This is all tragedy and comedy all the time. — Earlier this month, my mother, Ann, moved from Florida to New York because she decided she didn’t feel safe living by herself. This has been a challenging thing for everyone and I thought I would blog about this because I am not the only one dealing with this. A bit about Ann: Ann was…

Generations of Rohingya suffer because of our inaction — Today marks six years of genocide against the Rohingya There are children in Rohingya refugee camps who know nothing but life in a refugee camp. They don’t get to go to school. They don’t get a real place to call home. They don’t get to be children. This will have lasting effects on them and everyone in their lives…