Month: August 2020

A View From The Undecided Left

Obama-Trump-Biden-Jan 20 2017

By all means, vote Trump out of office, but don’t be fooled into thinking that because we’ve got a Democrat back in the white house, everything will be all better.  It won’t be.  Not only will Covid-19 still be with us, but all the social, economic, climate, and other problems as well.  I will refrain from commenting further, except to say: People love to talk about “holding their feet to the fire” but let’s face it, we never do it.  If past administrations are any indication, many of us will make excuses for them.   Read More

Fire Next Time — The BLM Protests of 2020

Black Lives Matter 2020

We were in Brooklyn visiting family when the Ferguson protests broke out after the police shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown.  We watched the protests via live stream and felt then that surely something must come of this.  

Black Lives Matter was born out of that historical moment, but despite lots of lawn signs, the killings continued.  A year later in Baltimore with the killing of Freddie Gray, the protests were again sudden and youth-driven.  Again we watched, and again we thought, this time, there would be a change.  But no, the black mayor of Baltimore called them thugs (and lost her job) but the police involved were all exonerated. Read More