There are several theories making the rounds about Trump voters and where they came from. Let’s put…
In high school and college, I was a counselor at Camp New Day, a vacation camp for adults with developmental and mental disabilities. One of my campers had a mantra that served her well during anxiety attacks, and today was the kind of day where it helped me to recall it:
Last weekend, we went to a fundraiser for Stacey Abrams, the very impressive Georgia State Assembly Minority Leader who will very likely be the next governor of Georgia. The fundraiser was at the home of a friend in Oakland, and it was heartening to listen to…
I am going to leave reactions to yesterday’s insane “healthcare” bill (actually a massive tax cut for the wealthy) to other and write instead about a topic about which I know very little: theories of history. When I say I know very little, I mean it. I have a…
With hopes dashed that the Electoral College would refuse to rubber-stamp his Presidency, and House Republicans more than happy to watch civil liberties be drowned along with government in Grover Norquist’s bathtub, Resisters are now turning toward the future in hopes of building a…
I saw a tweet yesterday noted that the leadership of the national Democratic Party was at retreat on Saturday. I guess that’s why so few of them showed up to march that day. It seems like it would have been a great retreat activity to remind the leaders what grassroots action looks like, but…
After I dropped my kids off at school today, I decided to attend their weekly chapel, which I usually only do if one of them is performing. The theme was “Turning Hope Into Action” and it seemed like as good a place to be as any during the inauguration.
Back in December I shared my Elector Letter and encouraged you to write your own. I sent the letter off to about 100 electors, and then got crickets in return. Actually less than crickets. It wasn’t complete silence; there were a few Recipient Unknown bounces and one Out of Office — Maternity…
Yesterday, on a sleepy rainy Saturday that would have been perfect for reading a national security briefing, DJT instead 1)started a fight with the CIA, who had just revealed that Russia had interfered with our election, which 2) he didn’t deny and then 3) appointed a friend of Putin to…
