President Trump’s removal of PEACEFUL demonstrators from Lafayette Park yesterday with teargas, flash bangs and rubber bullets marked a new low in his presidency. For a Photo Op? He removed the demonstrators for a photo op! So he could stand in front of a historic Episcopal church rioters had attempted, but failed, to burn the […]
I have no complete answer to address the unrest sweeping our country. As a child of the 1960s (high school and college), I thought our generation would address these things so the riots we saw in those years would not be repeated. Change occurred, but not enough. A Look Back at the 1960s Harlem Riot, […]
The death at age 70 of former Miss America Phyllis George took me back to 1971 when I was asked to interview her. It’s a moment in time I’m that does not fill me with pride. The Mexico Ledger The circumstance was the Miss Missouri Pageant that was being held in Mexico, MO, where I […]
It’s a time when odds and ends come to mind, so let’s start: Joe Biden’s Assault Scandal My daughter has always felt Biden’s touchy-feely nature was rather creepy, so she was not surprised when allegations of a sexual assault surfaced. I felt he was just an over-friendly older guy. But the question now is should […]
As part of my coronavirus shut-in time, I recently watched the cult classic movie, Mommie Dearest with Faye Dunaway as legendary actress Joan Crawford. But I also ran across an interview with the author of the book upon which the 1981 movie was created, Christina Crawford, now 80. 1978 Memoir Christina had an acting career […]
Fareed Zakaria set off the alarm bells during his CNN program on Sunday. But he did it with good news, not bad. He said the coronavirus fatalities might be much lower than earlier projected. That’s great. But I’m Wondering But for someone who has been under self-quarantine for more than two weeks I’m wondering. Could […]
It’s nice in a time of a lot of sad health, economic and environmental news to learn that there are bright spots on the horizon. This time it’s for monarch butterflies. I’ve always been fascinated by the two-way yearly migration of these beautiful creatures. Good Reporting by Grist According to Zoya Teirstein, writing for Grist.org, […]
I’m a newshound and always have been. I grew up as the daughter of a weekly newspaper editor. I earned a journalism degree and knocked around several newspapers as a reporter and editor before going into higher education. I feel the media help shine a valuable light on things society needs to know, always have […]
As details of the Senate’s coronavirus stimulus plan become known, it is obvious this is more about doling out billions to already rich companies while tossing mere crumbs to working families. ‘Robbery in Progress’ “This is a robbery in progress,” wrote David Dayen, executive editor at The American Prospect. “And it’s not a bailout for […]
I wrote earlier about the sad loss of our terrier Nassi. She was accidentally hit by her mother’s (my daughter) car in the driveway. The result was devastating. The Last Thing I Needed Probably a new puppy was the last thing I needed with two older dachshunds already in the household (along with an older […]