There are two things that can be said about this. One is that self-accountability, while it’s a good thing overall, is taken to extreme in conservative politics. There are victims in this world, victims of systemic and oppressive conditions, racism …
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As America Retreats into the Past …..
As the United States regresses back into time, opportunities for humor arise on an almost-daily basis. Of course, this would be funnier if it didn’t represent such a grave assault on women’s rights and the quality of their lives.
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Women’s Rights in Today’s GOP
What would have befallen a political party that systemically eliminated women’s rights had it done so anytime between the late 1960s and the last year or so? It would have been immediately annihilated. Today’s women don’t seem to have the …
Tagged with: women’s rights
Who Needs Education?
This is funny, until you think about it. Yes, we can remove the academics from school and replace them with practical or vocational studies like farming, carpentry, or, in this case, tax prep. But then we accelerate the dwindling spiral …
Political Protest Marchers Have a Certain Look
As someone who marches in favor of things like science in policy-making, Black Lives Matter, women’s rights, banning new oil pipelines, or whatever, this made me smile. There really is a certain look that compatriots and I have, and, correspondingly, …
Mike Pence: Worse Than Trump?
A reader comments: If approved by the Senate, the vote would remove Trump from office and install far-right religious zealot Mike Pence. I’m aware of this sad fact. I’m not thrilled that our president would be someone who believes in …
Local Politics Gets Fiery
As mentioned previously, 2GreenEnergy “headquarters” is located in Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara County, CA. Where the city of Santa Barbara is extremely progressive, Santa Ynez is very “God and country,” and it’s obvious everywhere one looks, from pictures of John …
Progressive Values Flourish at Unexpected Times
Cameron Atwood sent me 8 – 10 political memes he created, including the one below. Of the entire group, the one that meant the most to me appears below. Coincidentally another friend had made this precise point to me just …
Climate Change, Women’s Rights, and Campaign Finance Reform
Here’s a conversation I’m having with a friend on the unlikely combination of climate change and women’s rights that I thought readers might find interesting. Friend: Check this out. Really??? Don’t these congressional statements do more harm than good? Craig: …
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