From Hope to Optimism

Tomorrow, the country will have the first bench-mark in which to judge our new president. The first 100 days of a president’s term has historically become the rubric and a foreshadow of what to expect the next 1,360 (possibly more) days to come.

Raise High our Voice for Clean Energy Now — Support the President’s Plan

No time to quote Shakespeare or others. No time to act like Socrates (or Plato as it were who wrote as if he were Socrates. Now that is something to ponder. We really do not know who Socrates was except for what his students had to say about him. No time for me to wonder down that path either. Besides, Shakespeare is so much easier — one can say what one wants and simply chalk it up to a Bard’s meanderings, sigh.) and write something in the hopes of causing one to re-examine his or her beliefs and whether they are valid.

Unchecked Ignorance and Fear

When I was a young girl, I read a great deal about World War II, including books on Adolf Hitler, Karl Adolf Eichmann — famed for being the “architect of the Holocaust” — and other historical accounts about Nazi Germany and The Third Reich. At times, what I read tore at my sensibilities.

The book that left it’s greatest impression on me was the Diary of Anne Frank. Her story was troubling for me to read on many levels because she was a young girl just like me and was swallowed up by demons of the most horrible hells. We were young girls who were supposed to be footloose and fancy free without a care in the world.

To Speak the Truth – Or Not Speak the Truth: The Republican Base Dilema

Shakespeare would undoubtedly have a field day with the base of the Republican party. I can hear Shakespeare say in thoughtful muse over the rantings of Bachmann, Limbaugh, Gindal, Palin, etcetera:

“To speak that which is truth or speak that which is fantasy. Nay, not fantasy, for a muse this far adrift conjures up the dark spirits of the deepest, blackest and most vile abyss. Nay, not fantasy, I say. For these Sorcerers would fill our hearts with chilling fears and rend us into too many pieces to restore with our tongues left hot and dry, cracking from the foulest of foul.

Will Newspapers Become a “Thing of the Past?”

Over the past few months, we have seen many newspapers shut their doors. Even the Boston Globe’s existence is being threatened. There seems to be two basic factors contributing to the loss of printed newspapers, an ailing economy and the lack of newspapers to do what they were supposed to do over the past ten years.

Health Care: We are So Close

This week, Health Care for America Now (HCAN) and Connecticut Citizens Action Group (CCAG) are participating in a national effort sponsored by HCAN. All across the country, 300 health care forums are taking place with Congressional leaders as keynote speakers.