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8 Jan 2026 09:02
I do not pretend to KNOW either of the two main individuals involved in the deadly shooting of the woman in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026, but I hope sharing my thoughts makes you examine the circumstances of what happened yesterday and encourages both of us to look beyond the obvious.
26 May 2025 17:41
Hello, Dear Readers-
17 Mar 2025 19:57
Voice of America (U.S. Agency for Global Media), Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Institute of Museum and Library Services, U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Minority Business Development Agency.
27 Feb 2025 17:22
Warning: This Post is My Opinion, Based in Fact and Experience
26 Feb 2025 08:56
Everyone who reads this blog is aware that President Trump and Elon Musk are busy downsizing the government. What that looks like and how that affects us is less easy to grasp and recognize until we come face to face with the ways these actions are being done.
20 Feb 2025 11:57
Thank you for being a reader. Thank you for your curiosity and the very kind comments you share on Facebook and here on the blog. With that being said, here we go again. Please stick with me and then call your legislators in your state and speak out. So many times I have read the stories, listened to the newscasts, watched the congressional hearings and still I know some of the people in my life believe I'm irrational and over reacting terribly. Even if they don't agree with what is happening they throw up their hands and say, "It's awful, but what can I do about it?". We are the only people who can do something about it.
15 Feb 2025 21:34
Is it even possible to "buy" a foreign country or a piece of it? According to current international law it is not possible to literally buy another country. But...
10 Feb 2025 14:24
Although the majority of readers of this blog know Mr. Musk's background. Let me refresh your memory with just a few facts:
5 Feb 2025 17:32
And so, here we are. He has plans to "do away with" the Department of Education. It isn't like we weren't warned. He said he was going to do it, and now he's looking for a way to fulfill his promise to the American people to "downsize the government" and save the people a gazillion dollars. Since we all know education is, essentially, a state responsibility why not? Let me tell you why not. Please bear with this veteran educator of over 50 years as I share the story of why the Dept. of Ed. came about and what the demise will (not may) mean to you.
3 Feb 2025 11:27
There has been a lot of conversation among people who understand economics much better than I about President Trump's imposing tariffs on countries with whom we trade. I think the question is "how will they affect us here in the mid-west in the coming months?".
31 Jan 2025 16:30
As always I beg you to read the executive order and refer to it multiple times while reading this blog so you can better understand what is or is not going to change for individuals in this country as a result of the Executive Order. (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/)
30 Jan 2025 10:50
I'd like to try my best to explain what people are being singled out for deportation by ICE agents across the United States. In order to do this we have to distinguish what is a legal immigrant and who is not legal. Legal immigrants are foreign-born people legally admitted to the U.S. Undocumented immigrants, also called illegal aliens, are foreign-born people who do not possess a valid visa or other immigration documentation, because they entered the U.S. without inspection, stayed longer than their temporary visa permitted, or otherwise violated the terms under which they were admitted. (https://www.dshs.wa.gov/faq/what%E2%80%99s-difference-between-legal-and-undocumented-immigrants)