This story comes out of all the stuff happening in Portland over the last many months. Anti-racism protests in their 91st day are raging on, and local business owners are furious at the mayor for not stopping it. The federal police are gone, but the local police are still violent with the mostly-young protesters out… Continue reading It happens here (but it doesn’t have to)
Month: August 2020
What was the moment it all turned? And is it a dead end?
Thanksgiving dinner was very strange last year. For some reason my family couldn’t gather, and there was this tiny cluster of us having a meal together while the rest of the tribe ended up celebrating somewhere else. In retrospect it had an ominous feel to it. But it wasn’t the only strange thing happening in… Continue reading What was the moment it all turned? And is it a dead end?
Scary election simulation compared to Black Lives Matter
A war-game exercise simulating the 2020 election unmasks some key vulnerabilities …compared to Black Lives Matter I’m not saying all is lost. I’m just reading the same news you are and coming to terms with what we’re up against if we want to stay free and democratic. This article from Atlantic really got my attention.… Continue reading Scary election simulation compared to Black Lives Matter
The Great Shame
75 Years After the Big Bomb Yesterday seventy-five years ago the world changed for the worse when we – us the “good guys” — dropped an atom bomb on 340,000 people in Hiroshima. Within the next couple of months 140,000 of them died. 70,000 immediately in the blast, the rest in agony from injuries and… Continue reading The Great Shame