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Sharon’s Stories: a bit and bridle of fun

Sharon
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I live in a mountain valley in Oregon.

Sharon’s Stories: a bit and bridle of fun
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Excellent essay. As soon as I heard the mantra "Go into trades" I thought of an oversupply of plumbers with incomes dropping like a stone.

I absolutely agree that we need to do more with the safety net to help people get by when their job changes course and/or disappears. There will be some lazy suckers who will take advantage of it and l…

There's No Such Thing as "The Trades"

Trump and MAGA have shown in glaring Technicolor our weaknesses, foreign and domestic.

The world is going on without us. We slide backwards and other places go forward.

I hope Europe is watching and appreciating Ukraine's military capacity. It has a long way to go to become a stable democracy, but as we all can see stable democracies aren'…

America, the Inessential Nation

FOX and right wing media have been immigrant bashing for decades. It's their biggest thing. After 911, Muslims became prime targets. Fear sells. Fear engages people and makes them put away any rational thought.

I don't think our current immigrant bashers are really all that anti-immigrant (OK, Maybe Steven Miller) I think it's about ridin…

And don't forget the spouses of our VP and president. Immigrants and immigrant families. Why isn't this hypocrisy called out more? That 30% need to have to flashing in front of their eyes relentlessly before they connect the dots.