Few podcasts or radio shows have impressed me lately as Sabrina Jacob’s KPFA interview with Margaret Kimberly. I buy a lot of books by the Radical Left and listen to even more interviews, but her March 25th, 2019 segment of A Rude Awakening made me downright jealous! It was the first in-depth …
Legal Rights
LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY – NOT!
Almost every page of Democracy in Chains, Nancy MacLean’s remarkable book/exposé about the stealth plan to disrupt current politics by privatizing Social Security, Medicare, and education makes my head spin. But I keep plodding along, morbidly fascinated by how much of today's evil can be traced …
ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND GODLY COMMUNISM
If you want to find out whether or not “America,” (i.e., The United States) is truly the land of equal opportunity, watch what happens to group or family dynamics when you propose a very simple plan: Make it illegal to inherit money! Maybe a limited amount of “wealth” could be passed on …
ON FREE SPEECH AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
My husband and I have lived in a limited-equity apartment complex for 36 years. It’s a terrific deal - low monthly maintenance costs in one of the country’s most expensive housing markets. We share ownership of the property with 25 other residents. When we leave we must sell back our share. …
HARD TIMES – AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THEM!
Wow! What "interesting times we live in," as the old Chinese curse would have it. Yep, they're definitely here. We need to stay strong now more than ever, and as educators, as positive as possible. As James Baldwin put it wisely, but poignantly, "We can't tell the children there's no hope." But …
