The president wants to choose for recipients what foods they get and how much of each. I’m livid. Not just because this takes away from a small freedom that people on public assistance have, but also because this does not take into account so many things. Allergies Chronic diseases that limit certain food intake Likes…
Whether or not the president said shitholes isn’t on the agenda here today. My ancestors came from shitholes. They were escaping the terrible conditions they faced. They wanted a better life. There’s no difference between my ancestors escaping from the pogroms of Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the Latin Americans…
I remember sitting and watching the movie on TV. The great Danny Kaye holding forth as the fictional Max Feldman, a holocaust survivor. I remember thinking “didn’t we defeat the Nazis in World War 2? Why are they still around?” They are still around. And we’ve forgotten that they should have no voice here. The…
Plans can come together in so many ways, but mostly they work when people actively labor towards goals. In this case, the Koch Brothers have gotten parts of their long standing goal – to get a federal government in place that will downsize, downsize, downsize. More legroom for business to grow, more wiggle room for…
Someone once asked me if I thought the United States should be 50 individual countries. It took me awhile, but ultimately I said no. We are better off as a single country, with some flexible local ordinances to find tune local problems. As a single country we have more to offer on the world stage.…
This is HR 610. This bill, introduced back in January this year, would start to defund public education in the United States. It would do away with the Elementary and Education Act of 1965 (ESSA). It abolishes the No Hungry Kids Act of 2012, which helps set nutritional standards for school meals. It does other…
I cannot be there on January 21. I wish I could. For every one of you who do make it to DC, remember there are probably a hundred more who cannot make the journey. Represent each and every one of those hundred. Remember to kick butt and chew bubblegum. And then run out of bubblegum.…
I’m sitting here with my first cup of coffee this morning, and a store-bought muffin, trying to make breakfast stay down on 4 hours of sleep. I’m looking at an assortment of medications and trying to make sure when I take them they will stay down. It isn’t gonna be easy. Last night I saw…
(image from theatlantic.com) A few days ago my husband and I went on a long car trip, and, as is wont, we listened to some loud ‘crashy-bangy’ music to keep us awake on the late drive home. I think the music we chose was prophetic for its day. In the past few days not only…
The New York Times Editorial Board ran a post in its opinion pages on January 9 called “Racial Isolation in Public Schools”. Which I read, because I am interested (very) in public education. Though this piece focused on Buffalo, it could be about almost any inner city public school system where failing schools, teacher issues…
