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Virginia Three

Do you remember Virginia Governor Ralph Northam?

March 5, 2019 Arthur Lieber Democracy, Good government, Politics Leave a comment

Ralph Northam is still governor of Virginia, though it seemed that he would be run out on a rail when the story or stories of him being blackface surfaced on Friday, Feb. 1. Just about every progressive with a PC bone in his or her body called for him to immediately resign.

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Tonga

What I learned by sending school supplies to Tonga

March 4, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, International One comment

Where’s Tonga? That’s a question I had never before asked, until a young woman I know joined the Peace Corps, was assigned to the

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FridaysforFuture

15-year-old Swedish student sparks international Fridays for Future movement

March 3, 2019 Renee Shur Activism, Climate Change, International, Protest/Resistamce Leave a comment

Sometimes it takes just one person to spark a movement. Swedish student Greta Thunberg is one such person. In August 2018 the then fifteen-year-old

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Announcing

Time to be Passive-Aggressive with the Candidates

February 24, 2019 Arthur Lieber 2020 Election, Candidates, Democracy, Politics Leave a comment

Imagine that you are applying for a job that doesn’t start for nearly 700 days and during that time you can’t do anything to prepare yourself mentally, psychologically and physically for the challenges.

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sanders

11 tired criticisms of Bernie Sanders

February 23, 2019 Reece Ellis 2020 Election, Bernie Sanders Leave a comment

Now that Bernie Sanders is officially in the 2020 Presidential race, all of the old criticisms about him have resurfaced. Here are my responses

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schiff

Schiff to Republicans: Speak out, already!

February 22, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, Democracy, Democrats Leave a comment

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff [D-CA] has published an open letter to his Republican colleagues, urging them to, at long last,  break their

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Smarther-than-5th-Grader

In defense of Trump, and 5th Grade Students

February 21, 2019 Arthur Lieber History, Trump Leave a comment

From the very beginning, Donald Trump has had difficulty understanding that the Justice Department is not like every other cabinet office. He does not have unilateral control of it. The Justice Department can bite back at him, and he doesn’t like it.

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mystery

Walt, Anne and Jesus: Mystery on the Magazine Rack

February 21, 2019 Renee Shur Humor, Ideas Leave a comment

What do Jesus, Walt Disney, and Anne Frank have in common?  Perhaps this seems like a question that reeks of such absurdity that it’s

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Klobuchar-Town-Hall

Questions that Amy Klobuchar and all Democrats should be asked

February 19, 2019 Arthur Lieber 2020 Election, Democrats, Kamala Harris, Politics, Trump voters Leave a comment

It may be hard to believe, but in the history of the United States, we have never had consecutive Democrats elected to the presidency. Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson both became presidents because of the deaths of their predecessors.

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ballot

Ballot initiatives: Downside of uptick in voter turnout

February 17, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Activism, Democracy, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

If you are frustrated with gridlock and/or intransigence in your state legislature, as many voters are, one way to get your issue considered is

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