Most people think that Trump won’t leave the White House without a fight. I still think he might, if the numbers against him are huge and so are the electoral college numbers. That all of this blow hard stuff is… Read More ›
Immigration
THE PROMISE OF LOVE – Rich Paschall
The Reality, by Rich Paschall When George made his visit to South America to meet the handsome young man, Jon noticed their large age difference. He decided it did not matter if George would help him. After all, this could… Read More ›
HOW DID WE GET TO THIS PLACE? – Marilyn Armstrong
Like many other countries, we’ve hidden our ugliest history in the backs of closets. We have written phony history books and made sure our kids read them. Now we wonder how come they don’t understand history. A good start would… Read More ›
REALITY CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE! GIVE IT A TRY! – Marilyn Armstrong
I got to thinking about what my world would look like if I (personally) got rid of everyone who isn’t white enough for this current America. I would have to remove my husband — and all my friends. And my… Read More ›
THE OTHER SIDE OF IMMIGRATION – Marilyn Armstrong
Learning (or, in my case, trying to learn) another language was high entertainment. Immigration isn’t easy, isn’t fun. These days, it can also be life-threatening. In English, I rarely if ever used a word the wrong way. I was a serious… Read More ›
HIGH ENTERTAINMENT AND LANGUAGE LESSONS – Marilyn Armstrong
Learning (or, in my case, trying to learn) another language was high entertainment. In English, I rarely if ever used a word the wrong way. I was a serious reader very young and had a big passive vocabulary. By passive, I mean I… Read More ›
UNFORGIVEABLE – Jan Wilberg
I would have thought almost a month later, that this issue would have been resolved. Certainly when the Supreme Court of California ordered the administration to reunite all those children and their parents by July 27 — less than three… Read More ›
WHO ARE WE? WHAT ARE WE? – Marilyn Armstrong
HOW DID WE GET TO THIS PLACE? Just like other countries, we’ve hidden our ugliest history in the backs of closets. We wrote phony history books and made sure our kids read them. Now we wonder how come they don’t understand… Read More ›
IN STARK CONTRAST – Marilyn Armstrong
IN STARK CONTRAST TO EVERYTHING WE CLAIM TO STAND FOR, AMERICA ISN’T AMERICAN. NOT ANYMORE. Watching our “officials” deny the undeniable — with the head of Homeland Security saying she hadn’t seen or heard anything about snatching children from their… Read More ›
THE PROMISE OF LOVE
The Reality, by Rich Paschall When George made his visit to South America to meet the handsome young man, Jon noticed their large age difference. He decided it did not matter if George would help him. After all, this could… Read More ›
LIVING FOREIGN, BEING FOREIGN
The lack of sympathy for foreign-born immigrants in this country might have something to do with how few people in the U.S. ever lived in a different country. If you have never had to learn new customs, different cultural values,… Read More ›
A CRITICAL LOOK: ALL IT TAKES?
A brief, critical look at what it takes to be a Real American in 2017 I keep reading posts which suggest that all it would take to make the world non-racist would be for (fill in the oppressed individual by color,… Read More ›
