I’m all for confidence but the just turned 30, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez  (AOC) has an assurance that leaves me breathless. Having won a Congressional house seat from New York, she has certainly hit the ground running. But does she know the terrain, I wonder. Certainly, the number of

I support Elizabeth Warren’s bid for President of the United States.  She has plans to address our multiple problems.  I admit I couldn’t swear by any of them.  Take her wealth tax plan, for example.   Generally speaking, a wealth tax works like this: “You calculate a house

In the dark days of winter, I admit there are occasions when curling up like a sow bug to stare at my navel seems to be the best response to the world. For two days, for example, my computer was on the fritz. When it eventually beamed back at me with renewed life, the news headlines s

I may have told this story before, but while in public office and after a day of fierce debate on social policy, I stepped down from my dais and stormed into my office with a staff member following in my wake.  My voice as dripping with incredulity as I turned to complain to that you

My friend from the retirement center looked worried as we entered a coffee shop that also made chocolate confectionaries.   Surrounded by bonbons of every size and flavor, I wondered that anyone could wear a frown. “What do you think of this Soleimani business,” the woman mutter

Nancy Pelosi’s stunning leadership of Democratic house members during the recent presidential impeachment process will serve as a template for women who seek management positions in the future.  What she exhibited during the procedure was experience, direction, and a firm hand. A f

I used to think I was a reasonably informed person, but President Donald Trump has taught me what passes as information can often be fake.  Take the banana, for example. In the ‘60s and ’70s, it would never be mistaken for a work of art. But since Trump has been in office, realit

We’d intended to walk to a coffee shop near my residence to enjoy bonbons with our beverages. Unfortunately, the morning rain altered our plans. Instead, we chose to settle into two Queen Anne chairs by a picture window in the lobby of the building where I live, our hot drinks fresh

Working with an editor on my memoir taught me to appreciate how rapidly language changes. Like floodwaters, it flows, alters course and refuses to be controlled. The French have tried to apply rules to their native tongue, hoping to preserve its purity, but snippets of English breach

So far the American Bar Association has rated eight of Donald Trump’s nominees for the judicial bench as unqualified. The number isn’t unprecedented for a president, but our dear leader has little tolerance for criticism. We shouldn’t be surprised that he has decided to bar the