One way to stop Donald Trump from taking office is to block him in the Electoral College. Sure, it’s a long shot, but we
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.
Could political expediency stop the repeal of ACA? Maybe.
Republicans say they’re going to repeal the Affordable Care Act [ACA] as soon as possible. Is there anything that can stop them? Maybe there
More excerpts from Trump’s NYT interview: Incoherence & narcissism
If you don’t have the time or patience [or stomach] to read the entire, word-for-word transcript of Donald Trump’s interview with the New York
Moonlight: Powerful, quiet, heartbreaking movie
The newly released movie Moonlight is a very quiet film with a powerful impact. It’s absorbing, thought-provoking and emotionally exhausting, with performances that are
Trump’s NYT transcript: Read it, and weep for our country
I urge everyone to take the time to read the entire transcript of Donald Trump’s Nov. 23, 2016 on-the-record interview with the New York
The presidential primary system: Time to repeal and replace it
The Democratic party should be gearing up–right now–to completely revamp the presidential primary system. Of the many things that went horribly wrong in the
The Scrawler strikes again: A Trumpian response to my letter to the editor
Found today in my mailbox—the snail-mail kind: A note in response to my recent letter to the editor in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The
High expectations vs low expectations in a Trump presidency: Let’s go high
By what standards should we judge our next president? Maybe there are more choices than what I’m about to propose, but so far, I
My supposedly liberal local newspaper tells me to “get over it.” I won’t, and they shouldn’t.
In an editorial titled, “Trump’s new beginning,” on Nov. 11, 2016, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s editorial board advises people who are frightened by the
Let’s award electoral votes to the national popular vote winner
What should be done about the Electoral College, now that, for the fifth time in US history, one candidate has won the popular vote,