I passionately believed in Barack Obama, campaigned for and eagerly voted for him.  I was jubilant - even giddy - when he was elected.  I breathed a sigh of relief believing the world had just been - if you'll forgive the term - righted again.

Almost a year later, I'm experiencing… Read full post »

I guess there's just no precentage (rating, that is) in promoting that old Rodney King 'getting along' thing.

Power-mongers purposefully stirring up ugly, near-violent confrontations based mostly on lies that go willfully uncorrected by press and media - well - that's life today i… Read full post »

Ms. Palin decided it was better for Alaska if she quit the job they elected her to do eighteen months early. (Hey - not to worry.  She'll get stuff done with the press/media now treating Facebook as a NEWS source).

Mr. Martinez didn't feel like hanging around Senate to finish the term… Read full post »

I had tivo'd Anderson Cooper's AC360 Africa show with President Obama and decided yesterday to take a look.

It was unbelievably powerful. Gripping. Devastating to watch.

I had to fast-forward through some of it because I was unable to bear the pain of Anderson describing the horrors of the to-be-slav… Read full post »

For the record, I remain deeply grateful that Barack Obama is our President. He is superbly intelligent, balanced, ethical and, I believe, deeply well-intentioned.  I think he, like so many young, charismatic leaders, truly believed he could bring change to America.

In some important ways h… Read full post »

I know a lot of Republicans.  A few are friends. Some are family members. Others I simply observe. 

These are NOT stupid people. Far from it. But there's something wrong with their inability or unwillingness to identify and support intelligent, respectable party leaders.

Starting … Read full post »

It's been President Obama for less than two weeks but to hear it from the press, media and pundits, his stimulus plan is too big/too little; he's keeping his campaign promises but they're going to fail ('Gitmo)/he's not keeping his campaign promises (Iraq); he's just going to let the rich keep… Read full post »

It seemed reasonable after two early divorces that I was not suited for marriage.  I translated that into I'm not suited for relationship. Now I'm having second thoughts.

After all, what's the point of making mistakes if we don't learn from them? And, I did learn from my failed marriages. … Read full post »