A nod to “1984” author George Orwell: We have met Big Brother – and often, he is us. The nation rightly remains outraged at the Jan. 6 riot that trashed the U.S. Capitol, threatened elected officials and resulted in five deaths. Pressure was on police to swiftly arrest those involved.
This year, the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King came at just the right time to help us reflect on the legacy of the civil rights leader. As we consider his legacy, I would propose that his most important speech was not the 1963 “I have a Dream” speech, but
“We’re going to win so much, you’re going to be so sick and tired of winning, you’re going to come to me and go ‘Please, please, we can’t win anymore.’” Donald Trump famously boasted on the campaign trail in 2016. He skulked away today as one
Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell delivered these remarks Tuesday on the Senate floor: “The last time the Senate convened, we had just reclaimed the Capitol from violent criminals who tried to stop Congress from doing our duty. This mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the President and other powerful
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was profoundly moved by injustice and inequality ubiquitous throughout the US. The question he asked about injustice in 1967, “Where do we go from here?” was answered with two options: community or chaos. The question is profoundly important in 2021. On the holiday to celebrate
Today our American family dysfunction is on display for all the world to see. As a keeper of secrets, my work as a psychiatrist and healer told me that our culture was sick long ago. Written by Dr. Saskia Hostetler Lippy The stories I have heard of grandfathers, brothers, fathers,
In addition to symbols of white supremacy, many of the rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6 carried signs bearing religious messages, such as “Jesus Saves” and “In God We Trust” while others chanted “Jesus is my savior and Trump is my president.” In a video interview, one of those
Confederate soldiers never reached the Capitol during the Civil War. But the Confederate battle flag was flown by rioters in the U.S. Capitol building for the first time ever on Jan. 6. The flag’s prominence in the Capitol riot comes as no surprise to those who, like me,
JFK created the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor a president can bestow. The award is supposed to be for citizens who have made “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.
Our corrupt, deranged president, his sycophants, and the silence of his complicit enablers set the stage for the January 6th crimes in the People’s house. As America watched in real time, federal laws were broken by seditious thugs: * 18 USC 2383: Rebellion or Insurrection * 18 USC 2384: Seditious Conspiracy
Let’s all say this together, just to see how it sounds: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Savor it. Sip it slowly, like fine Kentucky Bourbon. But keep Georgia on your mind. Raise your glass to the Peach State for this hump-day, McConnell’s “terrible, horrible, no good, very bad
The Man Who Lost The Popular Vote (Again) and his smirking Republican minions are currently undermining our democracy by lying about a supposedly stolen election. This is a thoroughly false claim for which they have no evidence. Even Trump administration elections officials in the Department of Homeland Security, as well
In “The Belly and the Members,” by Greek fabulist Aesop, members of the body revolt against the belly, which they think is doing none of the work while getting all the food. The hands, mouth, teeth, and legs go on strike, but after a few days they realize that they
Throughout the Trump presidency, we have seen attempts by Trump supporters to portray Donald Trump as somehow being the victim of vitriol from his opponents at a level that has been unprecedented in presidential history. The image at the top of this article is of a Facebook post that has
… Given the certitude of abortion opponents that abortion violates God’s Word, it might come as a surprise that neither the Old Testament nor the New mentions abortion – not one word. – Katha Pollitt, Time magazine As usual, a slew of Republican state House and Senate candidates ran on anti-abortion platforms
An NBC reporter interviewed frontline workers in a number of hospitals in Appalachia about their recent experience with the coronavirus and the people in their area. Bottom line: Misinformation from people the patients trust is resulting in unnecessary illness and death. THREAD: I just spent 3 days with frontline workers
