As I write this, the GOP is holding our government hostage over the debt ceiling. It appears that an extreme right faction, what I like to call the Wrong-Wing of the Republican Party, has the Speaker of the House by the balls and is squeezing with all they have to destroy the democratic-socialist society that FDR got started almost 100...
In the U.S. and for many people worldwide, we are on pins and needles waiting for the SCOTUS to rule on the constitutionality of a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks. Interestingly, the State also wants SCOTUS to overturn Roe. While the latter seems unlikely, the 15-week ban is problematic on several fronts. <break time='1s'/>
Yesterday, we lost our dear friend, Susan Smith, as she and her husband George vacationed in New Orleans. It was a sudden occurrence, which is always preferable to lingering in pain and illness. And, as might be expected when you are an octagenarian as Susan was and I will soon be, the death of anyone in your age group is cause for reflection....
