Continuing remarks from Monday’s January 2, 2017 blog. (Drawing the Red Line edition.  “Not Going Back,” by Gaylynn Burroughs, Ms. Magazine pgs. 20-25.)  Other woman’s programs to be affected. Women’s Programs Title IX – The Obama administration used Title IX to hold

If I were allowed to interview the President-elect, I wouldn’t ask Donald Trump about his ties with Russia, or his misogynist views of women or whether or not actor Tom Arnold’s claim that the man is a racist is true. (Click)   I’d ask him what he was reading.  Apparently, he

Recently, I described how the National Rifle Association (NRA) influences gun control laws by funneling campaign contributions to friendly legislators. (Blog 12/13/2016)  Naturally, when our president-elect made a campaign promise to “drain the swamp,” I hoped he meant he’d dis

Regarding the 2016 presidential election, writer Clara Jeffery sums the results best:             …a small electoral majority  chose a candidate who openly embraced bigotry, who slurred war heroes and mocked the disabled, who bragged of sexual assault, who said he’d ro

At 16, I knew everything.  Had I been truly wise, I’d have dropped out of school and kept my good opinion of myself. As it stands, the older I get, the less I know.   Graydon Carter, editor of Vanity Fair, seems to share my state of bewilderment.  (“From 9/11 to 11/9” by Gra

The morning after the 2016 Presidential election, I shared a link on Facebook but failed to vet it.  Loss of sleep and disappointment over the outcome led me to be careless.  But that’s no  excuse and I apologized to my friends on the social media site. Due diligence is the watch

While I support Hillary Clinton for president of the United States, it’s a fair question to ask how she and her opponent, having among the lowest approval ratings in history for the office, came to be the sole survivors vying for this high office.  What does their ascendancy say ab

Election night for candidates can be more nerve-wracking than bedtime for a virgin bride.  During my last election, the voting machines broke down and the count continued by hand through the night.  My celebration party wilted as we waited for unsteady reports  from the precincts.

After the second presidential debate, a male blogger attempted to explain to a male reader why women were upset with Donald Trump, especially his  body language as he hovered in the background while Hillary Clinton talked. Trump’s behavior was intimidating, said the blogger, a gest

Not long ago I sat down to lunch with a woman in our community prominent for her advocacy for Hispanic causes — be it for the  farm worker or the illegal migrant  and everyone in-between.  I admire her as a savvy,  caring business women.  Imagine my surprise , during the co