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Dixie Dems-Sleepy Don, Hush Money & More
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Apr. 29 -- Dick Batchelor: Building Bridges in Toxic Political Times
May 2 -- Edward Segal -- How Could Biden Reverse the Tide?
May 6 -- Lori Alhadeff -- Make Our Schools Safe
May 13 -- Gerald Epstein -- Busting the Bankers Club
May 16 -- Cheryl Nail metal -- Preserving Endangered Rivers
May 20 -- Matthew Stevenson -- America's Electoral Descent
May 28 -- Scott Kolbaba, MD -- Combatting Teen Depression
May 30 -- Dixie Dems -- Politics Southern Style
June 3 -- Sarah Cart -- Catastrophic Illness to Healing & Hope
June 10 -- Peter Sacks -- "Libertyland" (Domestic Terrorism Novel)
Jun 17 -- Eugene Williams -- Race, Politics & Education in America
June 24 -- Dr. Gail Christopher: Stop Ageism: A Call to Action
Thursday, February 20, 2020Ban Assault Weapons: Join the Campaign
On February 16, 2018, Robert Schentrup lost his sister, Carmen, when she was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL -- shot ...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020Want Mercury in Your Water?
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to roll back an Obama-era regulation that among its benefits protects kids from brain damage even ...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020Sinking into Autocracy
Some 1,100 former officials of the U.S. Justice Department have sent an open letter urging Attorney General William P. Barr to resign and warning that...
Monday, February 17, 2020Giving Up on Climate Change
A 74-year-old Canadian recently wrote in a Huffington Post article that he and his 64-year-old wife have decided that climate change is unstoppable, s...
Sunday, February 16, 2020The Measure of a Man
Who is the "manly man?" Donald Trump, the big mean spirited blowhard name caller, or the shorter (in stature) but potentially dangerous Democratic can...
Saturday, February 15, 2020The Bob & Jackie Show: Pittsburghese, Itchy Nose, Paul Newman & More Nonsense
Check out the latest edition of The Bob & Jackie Show, recorded on Valentine's Day, that explores the somewhat wacky version of the English language s...
Friday, February 14, 2020Aircraft to Protect America? Or a Vanity Wall?
Thwarted by Congress for the funds he demanded to build his vanity wall along the southern border, President Trump is ripping off some $7.2 billion fr...
Thursday, February 13, 2020Wielding a Would-be Iron Fist
Perhaps its a stretch to suggest that President Trump is wielding an iron fist, like dictators Vladimir Putin or Kim Jong-Un, but his retribution agai...
Monday, February 10, 2020Health System Income skyrockets, Medicaid Cuts Ahead
On the same day Kaiser Permanente reported it had nearly tripled its income in 2019, governors of both parties warned that a proposed Trump administra...
Monday, February 10, 2020Trump's Victory Lap & Republican Excuses
Donald Trump, preening a usual, celebrated his impeachment trial acquittal with nastiness, name calling, and vindictiveness, claiming false credit an...
Saturday, February 8, 2020Fighting Back: A Story of Courage and Determination
This is the personal story of a young woman, Lauren Kligman, of Myrtle Beach, SC, who has been battling depression and a serious eating disorder for a...
Thursday, February 6, 2020Democrats: Don't, Just Don't
It is time for the Democratic presidential candidates to stop taking swipes at each other and focus on the real enemy -- Donald John Trump, the just i...
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