This weekend saw, "Rededicate 250: A jubilee of prayer, praise, and thanksgiving" descend on the National Mall in Washington. Many of the speakers have claimed that America was founded as a Christian nation and the event drew speeches and readings from many top Republicans, including the president and
Today's story comes to us from The Salt Lake Tribune where we learn that it only takes two school districts to create a state-wide book ban and that banned books must be physically destroyed. Giving the books away is not allowed. Putting the books in a dumpster is
W.E.B. Du Bois reminds us that although life is a hard thing for the poorest members of society, it is still incredibly human and real! This truism is something those in power are desperately trying to get us to forget. I ask you to take a few minutes
If you haven't already seen the speech by a Louisiana resident who identified himself as Marshawn, please do so now. The whole speech is wonderful, and at one point he calls the MAGA movement, "the last breath of the Confederacy". I agree with everything he says
George Orwell tells us that all that most working people demand is "enough to eat, freedom from the haunting terror of unemployment, the knowledge that your children will get a fair chance in life", a livable home, "and short enough working hours to leave you with a
The world cup starts in less than a month and to be honest, the only match I care about is the one between FIFA and the great state of NJ. I love watching the NWSL and the USWNT but, like most Americans, I don't care one bit about
I have never taken this quote by Albert Camus literally. I have always interpreted it as an allegory for things like the genocide in Gaza. I took it to imply that we always should align ourselves with the victims and never find justifications for supporting a government that is killing
Every day we are subjected to oscillating reports about peace deals and renewed fighting. Reports that the Strait will be opening followed by reports that it remains closed. News that oil prices are rising and moments later that they are cratering. On the surface this looks like pure chaos and
Today's post is for all the mothers who had to raise their children without the help of a partner. It is from Isabel Allende who wrote, "fathers come and go and often disappear for good, never to see their children again. Mothers, on the other hand, are
I would love to be decked out in red, white, and blue. I wish I could be going to Philly on these beautiful weekends to celebrate America's 250th. But instead, "I've got the decline of American civilization and the guilt and ineptitude of the whole
The ink isn't even dry on the awful Supreme Court decision that overturned parts of the voting rights act, and now Tennessee has disenfranchised black voters in Memphis. We all need to channel our inner Meridian, a character created by Alice Walker. When she saw injustices rooted in
My congratulations go out to Dr. Ko Arimatsu from National Astronomical Observatory of Japan for finding an atmosphere around one of the Kuiper Belt objects that scientists thought was much too small to have such an atmosphere. Mark Twain tells us that a discovery like this is the greatest pleasure