Living On the Diagonal

YOUR VOTE IS NOT ONLY THE MOST CRITICAL TO DEMOCRACY, IT MAY BE MAY BE YOUR LAST When the Mid-Term campaign began in September many in the media called out the Democratic Party as weak on a clear message to sustain the expected Blue Wave to take control of Congress. The pundits may be correct. But, in recent weeks President Trump did everyone a favor to declare that “a vote for Republicans is vote for me. This is a referendum on my Presidency.” Thank you, Mr. President! Believe me that never in American History has our Freedom, our democratic process hung on a precipice that teeters in free fall toward the politics of fear and hate and where we will be clearly subjected to authoritarian rule. It is unconceivable that an American populace will be duped once again in voting for a Republican Congress and to give a thumbs-up to Donald Trump. During the twentieth century more lives were lost in wars to overturn authoritarian rule than all conflicts combined in the h...

Monday, March 26,2018 AFTER FIFTY YEARS PARKLAND STUDENTS PUT CHILDREN'S LIVES AHEAD OF OUR WEAPONS CULTURE SATURDAY'S "MARCH FOR OUR LIVES" SHOULD BE THE WATERSHED MOMENT IN CHANGING HISTORY AND MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN By now there is no in America and across the globe that were left untouched by the children and teenagers who marched in protest in 800 cities. Of course the largest march of an estimated 800,000 caught the NRA and many in Congress off guard.  Andrew Young, former Ambassador to the United Nations and leader of the Civil Rights movement said tears came to his eyes as he listened to those children spoke with resolve and eloquently calling out Congress to ban assault weapons from our streets. Young described his reaction as "tears of joy" because this generation demonstrated their First Amendment rights in their march for what is true democracy. The question now is whether this "bottom up" movement will gather force or ...