Yesterday was really a wild day for news and probably it will be the same today. I think — or at least I profoundly hope — that the biggest group of crazies has blown their cover and won’t be able… Read More ›
Hatred and bigotry
IF WE DON’T FIX THE CLIMATE, THE REST OF OUR ISSUES WON’T MATTER
Fandango’s Provocative Question #99 Fandango wants to know what the three biggest issues facing us are. We are in a pretty big mess on many levels. Our government is emerging from four-years of beyond-incompetent failure of leadership. Racism has not merely… Read More ›
WHAT HAPPENED TO CHILDE DONALD?
Because most of us are rational, we not only loathe the guy running our government. We also really want to know how he became such a terrible person. Everyone knows people — some of us are those people — who… Read More ›
DEAR BLACK PEOPLE – FROM THE SHINBONE STAR
By Denise Shabazz Dear Black People, A year ago, I was compelled to write to white women who voted for Donald Trump even though their interests were not clearly aligned with the Grab-Them-by-the-Pussy-in-Chief. I was angry at them then, and now I’m… Read More ›
I HATE THE NATION WE HAVE BECOME
Fandango’s Dog Days of August #19: HATE I hate the country we have become. I hate what 45 has done to us. I hate this world that is not even a shadow of the America in which I grew up… Read More ›
IS EVERYONE A LITTLE BIT RACIST?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #81 From Fandango: “Racism, especially in America, is a thorny and divisive topic. Someone I know told me about a song, “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist,” from the Broadway musical “Avenue Q.” It goes: Everyone’s a little… Read More ›
America’s Burning | lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
AMERICA’S BURNING By JUDY DYKSTRA-BROWN America’s Burning Count the faces. Take a tally of the peaceful protest rally. Their routine is most well-planned, masks in place, placards in hand. Enter police. Down on belly!!! Enter newscasters for telly. Teargas in… Read More ›
BELLWETHERS AND BULLIES – MARILYN ARMSTRONG
When I was a girl in elementary school, probably around fifth grade, so I must have been about 8 or 9 – I started school almost a year early. It had to do with New York state’s cutoff entry dates… Read More ›
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUNG DONNIE? – Marilyn Armstrong
Because most of us are rational, we not only loathe the guy running our government. We also really want to know how he became such a terrible person. Everyone knows people — some of us are those people — who… Read More ›
THE INCREASING STUPIDITY OF THEIR ARGUMENTS TELLS ME ALL I NEED TO KNOW – THE SHINBONE STAR
WRITTEN BY LARRYBNDC – OCTOBER 14, 2019 One thing I learned back in my college days* was if your enemies are walking into an L-shaped ambush, let them walk all the way into the kill zone before firing. They then have… Read More ›
CONUNDRUM – A QUANDARY ENCLOSED BY CONFUSION AND VEXATION – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Conundrum We are living in a conundrum of rather massive proportions. The definition is confusing because the word is confusing. It is a difficult, vexatious problem. It is not unlike an enigma. It may be a riddle… Read More ›
YOU CAN’T BUILD A FUTURE ON HATE – Marilyn Armstrong
When I moved to Israel in 1979, I thought I knew something. After all, I read books, I knew the history. After I had lived there for 9 years, I realized I knew nothing at all. There is SO much… Read More ›
