What is it going to take to convince voters that a woman can lead this nation?  I’ve heard  complaints about Hillary Clinton’s character, unfounded suspicions that have survived the scrutiny of a hostile Congress for the last 40 years.  I doubt many voters could undergo such sc

I’m certain I’ve recorded this story in an earlier blog, but it bears repeating.  Several years ago, two of my neighbors suffered from schizophrenia. They were bright and highly educated women.  One was a poet and the other an oil painter.  Though extraordinarily talented, both

While having lunch with a former student the other day, I reminisced about my childhood.  Mine was far from ideal, being raised in Los Angeles in the 1940s and  subjected to racial prejudice because my mother was a Latina.  Nonetheless, as I approach the 80th decade of my life, I�

Like many people, this election year has left me confused.  Strong man Donald Trump changes his mind the way the rest of us change our socks, but he has been consistent in his view that America is weak. (“The Strongman Trump Wanted,” Excerpted from The Washington Post, July 20, 2

When she accepted the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party,  Hillary Clinton admitted she had every intention of playing the woman’s card during the campaign. That’s code for saying women’s interests in health, safety and child development would be front and center i

The presumption during the Democratic primary had been that Hillary was conservative and Bernie Sanders was pulling her to the left.  That’s not the Clinton I know but I understand why others might think it.  So far, she’s largely been judged by the men with whom she associates.

After the flap over Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s unflattering remarks about Donald Trump, I thought we had laid to rest the illusion that people, including justices, are impartial.  Certainly, Sandra Day O’Conner wasn’t impartial in 2000 when she decried that Al

Foreigners who try to learn our language will tell you the process is confusing because so many words can mean their opposite. To screen is  to look closely at an object or it can mean to hide it.  Peer suggests equality unless you are  referring to nobility which refers to great i

On Facebook the other day, a man confessed he was grappling with his conscience, unable to swallow his principles to vote for Hillary Clinton.  As I have a perverse mind, a syllogism popped into my head: Bernie Sanders is a moral man Bernie Sanders supports Hillary Clinton Bernie San

Francis Fukuyama has drawn an interesting comparison between the once US Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump.  In his view, both are populists  with a broad appeal to  low income white males. (“American Political Decay or Renewal?” by Francis Fukuyama, Foreign