An Instant In An Eternity

The big news of course is two pronged. On the one hand the " nuclear option " was exercised by Senator Mitch McConnell in the US Senate to abolish the 60 vote threshold for the confirmation of a nominee to the Supreme Court. On the other hand we have the attacks carried out first by Assad on his own people in Syria - bringing the world painful images of his cruelty. The attack sparked a response from Republican President Trump to respond with air strikes. This back and forth may well bring the civil war in Syria to other countries and begin to engulf the world in greater and greater conflict. Time will tell and in the meantime stress levels will rise. I was listening to the NPR One player that cued up the NPR Weekly Roundup from Thursday, April 6th. Mara Liasson was on the podcast and spoke at length about the issues surrounding McConnell's choice to eliminate the 60 vote threshold for Supreme Court nominees. I find myself driven to do whatever I can to call out th...

An email just came into my inbox announcing that 41 senators oppose the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court. That means they can filibuster his nomination. This comes barely a year after President Obama nominated Merrick Garland for the same position. Mitch McConnell refused to even allow Judge Garland a hearing. McConnell could not even extend a shred of human decency to President Obama or Judge Garland, look them in the eye, and engage the process as it is set forth before our elected officials. Sunday in an interview , McConnell couldn't speak honestly to the American people and own up to his reprehensible behavior - rather he hid behind a curtain of lies. And now we have Neil Gorsuch up for the same seat. The Democrats, while they may have slow walked the hearings and nomination process, have reasonable and legitimate concerns about his placement on the Supreme Court AND have an axe to grind with the Republicans. The news now is will the Republic...

I started this slowly evolving blog after hearing Senator Diane Feinstein's inspiring words in the documentary Miss Representation . I find myself, now, even more so, propelled forward by that thought. We are indeed only here on this earth, here engaged with our communities for an instant in what is really an eternity. So our contribute while critical and vital is fleeting. It has been nearly 4 years since I started this blog, and as you can see, I haven't given it a great deal of attention. There is so much to do, so much need in the world, so much good to be done, so much inequality to be called out. How can I even find time to stop for a few minutes, string together a few well chosen words, and even take another minute to review those chosen words? Certainly not when all three kids need me NOW! (Of course they don't really but don't tell them that!) Times have certainly been tough these past three months since the world was rocked by the US election...