20 Reasons Why 2020 Was. THE. BEST. YEAR. EVER.
Will Block grew up around a therapist. The year 2020 has been mind-bending beyond belief. We need some humor in all this darkness.
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Can we trust our country?
If we can't trust the vote, we don't really have a country.
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Singing (r)Evolutions The American Commitment to Democracy, Part I
“ It is amazing how “count all the votes” has the ring of freedom about it"
Read NowDon’t take your breath for granted: A COVID experience
It was one of the most poignant moments of the summer, especially after we came back to find my friend, with whom I had…
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Time to listen and reflect
“So many of us in this community have awakened to a world that we refuse to close our eyes to.”
Read NowNo Tolerance? —No Democracy; No Freedom, Peace Or Justice; No Habitable Planet!
No Tolerance? — No Democracy; No Freedom, Peace Or Justice; No Habitable Planet! “Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness? Must…
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Boys (and Girls) Who Cried “HOAX!” Meet the Covid-19 Wolf
“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.” – Confucius “On March 26, 2020, the people of the United States…
Read NowThe Birth(erism) of Trump’s Nation of Cowards
“(Kafka’s) world knows no physical or moral order…We, the readers, are reliving our bad dreams…punishment is over all the characters, but the crime remains…
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The Milwaukee Bucks and “Big Bucks” Put Racism in the “Penalty Box.”
“The vast majority of African-Americans who lived in this land in the first 246 years of what is now the United States lived under…
Read NowEndgame for John Wayne/Rambo/Trump, “Reality” TV and “Virtual” History
“I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.” – Ralph Elison, Invisible Man, 1951 “Although the (1965) Voting Rights Act was...
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History vs. Propaganda; Pundits vs. Investigative Journalism
“History, like payback, is a bitch.” – Chicago Dog “History as a discipline began as a confrontation with war propaganda. In the first history…
Read NowA Liberal Cause That Some Conservatives Are Finally Fighting For: Fairness
At a college reunion breakfast in May 2000, a well-heeled classmate sneered at me about an overheard opinion of mine: “Oh you’re one of…
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Dueling Billionaires; And the Rest of Us
As I pulled up behind a dusty square backed vehicle at my Mandan, ND, Post Office Mail Box, I noticed his choices in bumper…
Read NowCelebrating “Good Trouble” Revolution
“Men are born, and always remain, free and equal in their rights. Civil distinctions, therefore, can be founded only on public utility.”-Declaration of the…
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Trump and Barr “Dominate” The Streets of Ignorance
“…optimism (assumed) we were living in a ‘new world order’ and a ‘new economy’ that would ‘grow’…bringing a prosperity of which every new increment…
Read NowFearing Fear Is Foolish…Fearing Science is Suicide.
“The time will…come when we will not…remember…September 11 without remembering also the unquestioning technological and economic optimism that ended on that...
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Republican “Ballot Box Treason” vs. Voter “Turnout Pandemic”
Tucker Carlson’s unhinged hurling of stones from his glass house in FOX News studios, at the patriotism of war hero Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL),…
Read NowFreedom’s Just Another Word for Everything to Lose
“…evil appears as good in the minds of those whom god leads to destruction.” – Sophocles, Antigone “It is a mistake…as events since September…
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Crossing the Color Line for Bubba Wallace and George Floyd
“We have forgotten history for one reason and, if we are not careful, we will neglect it for another…When exactly was the ‘again’ in…
Read NowUpdating the American and French Revolutions, without Guillotines or Guns
#15 of On Tyranny: Contribute to Good Causes – “Be active in organizations, political or not, that express your own view of life.
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Retrieving the Truth From Bill Barr’s “Memory Holes”
“It is impossible to carry out democratic elections, try cases at court, design and enforce laws, or indeed manage any of the other quiet…
Read NowA Pandemic of Prejudice Confounds White Privilege
#13 of On Tyranny: Practice Corporeal Politics – “Power wants your body softening in your chair and your emotions dissipating on the screen. Get…
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Underlying Conditions of Presidents Andrew Johnson’s and Donald Trump’s Racism
#4 of On Tyranny: Take Responsibility for the Face of the World - “The symbols of today enable the reality of tomorrow. Notice the…
Read NowTruth will set you free, or Love in the time of Corona
We greet each other very carefully, Like porcupines getting ready to make love. Arms in big virtual, barrel hugs, Lots of embarrassed joking and…
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