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Opinions

 SCOTUS:  Judicial MICE or Justices of Integrity

February 14, 2024 Carma Henry 0

    John Steinbeck in 1937 authored a  novel entitled  “Of Mice and Men.” A central theme in this novel focused on enduring human values. Will SCOTUS’ values, integrity, and oaths to  the US Constitution influence their  decisions to protect democracy from insurrectionists?  Or will they retreat like mice? Now, SCOTUS faces a ruling for or against Colorado’s Supreme Court execution of  Section 3, disqualification clause. Will they rule that Trump is ineligible to appear on Colorado’s primary 2024  presidential ballot?     […]

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Will Men Organize to End Gun Violence?

February 14, 2024 Carma Henry 0

     In September, president Biden established the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to help reduce the nation’s epidemic of gun violence. Nevertheless, the killings continue. “After every mass shooting, we hear a simple message,” the president said. ‘Do something! Do something!’’’      […]

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Big Polluters vs. Our Kids

February 13, 2024 Carma Henry 0

     Moms Clean Air Force, a self-described “Mompartisan” group founded to protect children from air pollution and climate impacts, notes that “air pollution can lead to premature births, lower birth weight, and neurocognitive impacts as particulate matter can reach the developing fetal brain.” […]

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Voters’ Values and Delusions

February 8, 2024 Carma Henry 0

    A voter is  “a person who votes or has a legal right to vote.” Delusions (persecutory) definition is, “a person believing conspiratorial threats against them,  obstructed from pursuing  long-term goals, and holding false beliefs or judgements about external reality despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. […]

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The Democratic Party Severely Lacks Media Savvy

February 7, 2024 Carma Henry 0

     The Democratic Party, on the other hand, is asleep at the wheel.  When something goes wrong, they are purely reactionary and not very effective.  More importantly, when things are going well like most economic indicators in the United States, which signals effective leading of the country by President Biden, they are not good at promoting it.  It is allowed to be disseminated through normal media channels with no sense of urgency to the point where the average busy American will never see it. […]

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Senate Progressives Seek to Hold Israel Accountable

February 7, 2024 Carma Henry 0

     For those who are dismayed and disturbed by Israel’s disproportionate response to the Hamas atrocities on Oct. 7 last year, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and other progressive Senate Democrats are fighting their battle. They have been pushing for Senate action that would tie further US military aid to Israel on Israel’s adherence to international and US humanitarian law. […]