Because of his near encounter with assassination, should Donald Trump be exempt from scrutiny about his words and deeds? Let’s say not. If anyone had the notion that Trump had been chastened due to that experience, he quickly dismissed it with his proclamation that “I’m not going to be nice.” That’s a rare truth from him – quite opposite of …
Continue reading“How did Christianity become so mean? How did we get from Jesus’s message of love to relentless condemnations against gays, transgender persons, women preachers, immigrants, scientists, educators, journalists, and public school librarians? When I look at American Christianity in 2024, I feel like I’m watching the 2004 film ‘Mean Girls’”. That quotation was in retired United Methodist Church pastor John …
Continue reading“You got to pay your bills,” Donald Trump has frequently advised when reviewing NATO Alliance contributions by European countries. That’s a point on which “the most honest person who has ever lived” ought to take his own advice. In recent years, numerous media outlets and public interest groups (Center for Public Integrity, Business Insider, Politico, Newsweek, CTV News, Daily Beast, …
Continue readingTo draw parallels between the current state of American politics and the dark days of 1930s Germany is not a mere exercise in alarmism; it is a sobering recognition of the eerie similarities that have emerged. At the center of this disconcerting landscape lies the blatant cult of personality surrounding Trump, a figure who wields power with reckless abandon and …
Continue readingOh, if only “what if” could become a reality once in a while. On that point, the Secret Service made a colossal mistake on January 6, 2021. Even though it would have violated its mission of assuring the physical safety of the president of the United States, it should have permitted Donald Trump to join the crowd that attacked the …
Continue reading(Meeting Tuesday, April 16, 2024 Chilton Public Library, 6:30 PM) Our next meeting is Tuesday, April 16, at the Chilton Public Library, 6:30 PM. We do have aa guest, John Zarbano, who is running in the Wisconsin 6th CD is coming to speak to us andcollect a few signatures to appear on the ballot. The only city in the 6th …
Continue readingIn December of 2023, the 10 so-called “fake electors” who had cast Wisconsin Electoral College ballots for Donald Trump three years earlier agreed that their action was not appropriate. After a civil suit was filed against them on behalf of legitimate Democratic electors, they agreed to not serve as electors in 2024 or whenever Trump is on the ballot as …
Continue readingMarch 2024 (Meeting Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Chilton Public Library, 6:30 PM) Hello, fellow Democrats, welcome to March! We have “survived” Super Tuesday, and now it’s time to get involved. A handful of Democrats cannot change the trajectory of this election. Everyone must step up!! This is not the time to sit back and watch, or we will all be …
Continue readingGiven his talent for lying, what can we believe from Donald Trump’s recent whoppers uttered at campaign rallies? There are so many. One of his smaller lies is Trump’s repeated claim that his uncle John Trump was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 40 years (actually 37) and that he was the longest serving professor ever at …
Continue readingAbortion is alive and well. Lest anyone freak out at such a statement by taking those words literally, they are not an endorsement of abortion but they apply in other contexts. One is how abortion has become a potent political issue in the 19 months since the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe decision which legalized abortion nationwide. For the …
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