Tag: politics
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We are All Immigrants, Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, I talked about who immigrants are in a general way. I want to use Part 2 to talk about some immigrants I have personally known. I have had the privilege to live abroad for over five years of my adult life—one year in France as an exchange teacher and…
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We Are All Immigrants, Part 1
For several years now in the United States, there has been much dialog about immigrants. An immigrant is someone who is not a citizen of the United States but would like to move here permanently. An immigrant is by definition a citizen of another country. There are many reasons an immigrant might wish to move…
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A Female President at Last?
There has never been a female President of the United States since our founding on July 4, 1776. I have personally been waiting for a female President since Hillary Clinton ran against Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries in 2008. I believe she was the more qualified candidate, but I watched with distaste, dismay and…
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Equal Rights Amendment Now
I have a friend who is active in the American Bar Association (ABA). She recently informed me that the ABA has been researching the status of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). This blog has important information about that amendment. The ABA has analyzed the history of the ERA from its inception in 1972. They have…
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I’m Looking for a Lot of Good Men
Many of my blogs are critical of men. However, it would be incorrect to assume that I am a misandrist, a hater of men. As the old saying goes, some of my best friends are men, and I have had the privilege to meet many admirable men during my lifetime. I want to talk about…
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Checks and Imbalances
The government of the United States was created with three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The legislative branch is the Congress composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The executive branch is led by the President who is supported by his Cabinet and various federal entities under his control. The judicial branch is…
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Don’t Forget Your Superpower: VOTING
II have just completed my service as an Election Clerk for early voting. In Texas our Spring elections are for nonpartisan local elections (city officials, school boards, bond issues, etc.) as well as political party primaries. Since 2016 I have worked at as many election events as I can because I believe it is my…
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War: A Lose-Lose for Women and Children
This week I watched the movie 20 Days in Mariupol written and directed by Mstyslav Chernov. He headed up a team of Associated Press journalists taking daily videos in Mariupol, Ukraine during the first twenty days of the Russian siege of that town as part of Putin’s goal to take back the nation of Ukraine.…
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What Has Happened to the “Just” in Justice”
Over the past few years I have come to believe that our justice system in the U.S. is very dysfunctional. This dysfunction has led to slow justice or a total lack of justice in many civil and criminal matters as well as rulings on local, state and federal laws. Endless fighting over interpretation of laws…
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