I was so sure that, after transcripts of our dear leader’s earlier, shockingly incoherent ramblings were released, we would never again see such a
Author: Gloria Shur Bilchik
Gloria Shur Bilchik is a freelance writer and community volunteer in St. Louis, Missouri. She is the editor of Occasional Planet. She views the preservation of democratic values and progressive programs as vital to making the US a humane, livable place for her children and grandchildren.
Highlights of NY Times’ annotated Constitution
On July 2, 2017, the New York Times published a special section: an annotated version of the United States Constitution. The special section, says
Do African countries want your second-hand clothes? Yes and No
In 2016, the six-nation East African Community—whose members are Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and South Sudan—agreed to a ban on imported second-hand clothes
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Where has all the data gone? Since the Trump wrecking crew took over, government data has been disappearing at an alarming rate. At first,
Healthcare horse-trading: Who’s getting what for a Trumpcare vote?
How much horse-trading is going on in the secret negotiations to kill Obamacare? The U.S. Senate is racing toward an artificial deadline for a
Trump flunks US Army’s own leadership checklist
How unfit for the presidency is Donald Trump? The term “unfit” has been bandied about quite a lot since January 2017, when Trump was
The un-President
There is so much to unlike about the current President of the United States. I’ve been compiling a list of “un” words that describe
Trump’s Saudi arms deal: Phony
During his visit to Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump crowed about completing a $110 billion arms deal. But, like so many of Trump’s other big-number
Stopping Trump: a once-in-a-lifetime political opportunity
The current state of proliferating Trump scandals presents a once-in-a-lifetime political opportunity for the first Republican to truly stand up for what is right.
Under the radar, State Department to allow more refugees to enter US
Donald Trump probably doesn’t want his supporters to know this, but the US State Department has just decided to increase the number of refugees