The Heroes Among UsJanuary 13, 2021Mary Ann CallahanCongress, Domestic terrorism, impeachment, January 6 2021, RepublicansNo CommentsIt has been exactly a week since the storming of the Congressional Halls of the United States of America. Stormed not by a foreign invader,…
Don’t Fence Us InJanuary 11, 2021Mary Ann CallahanAmerican politics, Congress, raid on the Capitol, Riots in Congress, sediton, The state of the UnionNo CommentsToday, January 11, 2021, fences are going up all over the capital of one of the greatest countries in human history. They are not being…
And Now for Today’s News: Lincoln’s Second InauguralJanuary 6, 2021Mary Ann CallahanCongress, Election Rioting, trump, Trump ProtestsNo CommentsThe events of today, January 6, 2021, will, as FDR once said, “live in infamy”. The insurrection being perpetrated as I write has been fueled…
Triangulating News and Perspectives, TooJune 23, 2017Mary Ann CallahanBi-partisanhsip, bias, Congress, Democrats, Facebook, Humanity, Living in the US, media, News Reporting, Political Dialogue, political division, politics, Republicans, US media, US news reporting, ZuckerbergNo CommentsMy son is fond of saying that to properly appreciate the news, one must triangulate it. It is not enough to listen to one reporting…
It’s Hard to Say Your Yogurt is SourJune 23, 2017Mary Ann CallahanCongress, Democrats, Humanity, people, Republicans, The US President, trump, US GovernmentNo CommentsIt’s a rare thing when I can see a direct connection between the folk wisdom of Afghanistan and current events in the US. Today, however,…
The Rules of the GardenJune 20, 2017Mary Ann CallahanACA, AHCA, Congress, Democracy, Democrats, Healthcare, Party Politics, Republicans, Trumpcare, US Constitution, US GovernmentNo CommentsMy garden used to be my mother’s garden. As I was working in it recently, it occurred to me that I had made great changes…