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Saving the Post Office, Saving Democracy
My ninety-six-year-old mother used to have her own business card. It listed her name, address, phone number and then across the bottom it read “No electronic devices. No TV. No…
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Compassion is at Our Core
In a world where you can be anything, be kind. Unless you can be a unicorn, then be a unicorn. Teeshirt Philosophy Conventions don’t usually interest me. Too noisy, too…
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Hope in the Time of Corona
First there was the lock down due to Covid-19. After hunkering down at home for a couple months to flatten the curve, we were told the economy had to reopen.…
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What is the true impact of making resisting arrest a felony?
As we push to end police brutality and institutional racism against people of color, the state sheriffs continue to promote their proposed legislation. The ten proposed laws raise a multitude…
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Where is Anthony?
Recently Anthony Brindisi co-sponsored a bi-partisan bill designed to “deter” themovement to reallocate police funding to other social programs. The Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act would ban municipalities…
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Is a white sheriff ever a good judge of whether racism exists in his community?
Listening to the Sheriffs’ press conference this week was disheartening. Ignoring their demands, which would take a legal expert to decipher the full implications of, it was their tone and…