Category Archives: Issues

Social issues. Legal issues. Society issues.

Here We Go Again

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By the time you are reading this Donald Trump will be the President of the United States again. I’ve made my opinion on Trump pretty clear over the years and no, it has not changed in recent weeks.   He’s already walked back several key campaign promises that likely won him the election- most notably that he would lower grocery prices. … Read more »

National Religious Freedom Day

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This year today is more important than ever- it’s National Religious Freedom day. Now before the right loses their shit over this being some kind of “woke” holiday, learn the history.  This day was established in 1786 in Virginia and is based on the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom written by none other Thomas Jefferson.    It’s one of many… Read more »

Greener Suggestions?

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WAY back in 2020 I started looking at small changes I could make that would be better for the planet.  Unfortunately, COVID completely derailed my plans.  All of a sudden everything was about single use, disposable items. It seems we are finally far enough removed from 2020 that we can start thinking about the planet in earnest again. I did… Read more »

Do You Have a Plan?

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You’ve probably heard this a lot lately- you need to make a plan to vote. Some people will laugh at this, but they shouldn’t. It seems pretty simple if you live in a rural area.  You probably have your own car, your polling place has been in the same location for as long as you can remember, and the lines… Read more »

Debbie Downer, Me Addition

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I’ve been feeling down lately. Not the clinically depressed kind of down.  I’m not feeling agoraphobic.  I’m not feeling paranoid.  I’m not feeling scared to get out of bed.  I’ve been there, done that, more than once.  So I know what that feels like and I know it’s not that. No, instead I’m just feeling concerned/ worried about the future… Read more »

What Do You Know?

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There are a lot of things I don’t know. I don’t know why anyone still supports Donald Trump in 2024 I don’t know exactly how airplanes work (don’t bother trying to explain it to me.  Several engineers have with no success). I don’t know the names of the leader of 95% of the world’s countries. I could go on, but… Read more »

What a Drag

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Full disclosure-  Saturday morning I wrote a scathing post about the outrage over the drag queen performance at the Olympic opening ceremonies.  But then by Saturday night it came out that the supposed mockery of Da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper was completely misplaced because the scene they were portraying was actually an ancient Greece bacchanal.  Which makes WAY… Read more »

A Word from a Non-Trad Wife

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There has been a weird surge of “Trad Wife” content on social media.  “Trad” of course is short for “traditional”.  These accounts/ channels show women as merry housewives tending to several photogenic children, baking goodies from scratch, often tending to chickens and a huge garden, and generally cosplaying as June Cleaver. Before we go any further, I have nothing against… Read more »

International Panic Day

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This is a day I “celebrate” without even trying.  It’s International Panic day. Yes- International.  It’s not enough for folks here in the US to panic.  We are panicking all over the globe.  And why not?  Climate change, wars, economic threats, human rights violations- the list goes on.  It’s enough to make you wonder why some people AREN’T panicking! And… Read more »