Photo of Campaign Button for Bernie Sanders taken by author (Joyce O’Day). Watching CNN on the night of the second “Super Tuesday,” I am as disgusted as ever. Between Don Lemon’s staunch advocation for Bernie Sanders to suspend his campaign and Jackie Kucinich labeling Bernie’s supporters as “nasty” in her snarky tone of voice, it is … Continue reading Bernie — I Beg You — Don’t Give Up the Fight
You can love a guy, but when his friends are assholes, it just won’t work out.After I retired a few years ago, CNN became the background music of my life. Donald Trump had recently exploded on the American political stage, like the diarrhea scene in the movie Trainspotting. Since then, it has been a true shit … Continue reading Why I Ended My Relationship with Jake Tapper
Listening to Mayor Pete and the newsroom pundits chastising Bernie Sanders for supporting the revolutionary movements of the 1960s and for criticizing U.S. support of dictatorships in the 1970s and 1980s turns my stomach. Sorry, but Bernie lived through the historic events that Pete and the pundits clearly need to brush up on. Born in … Continue reading We Should NOT Be So Quick to Forget the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s!
Listening to Mayor Pete and the newsroom pundits chastising Bernie Sanders for supporting the revolutionary movements of the 1960s and for criticizing U.S. support of dictatorships in the 1970s and 1980s turns my stomach. Sorry, but Bernie lived through the historic events that Pete and the pundits clearly need to brush up on. Born in … Continue reading We Should Celebrate the Protest Movements of the Late 20th Century!
While you may love your health insurance today, next year you may be tragically disappointed with what your employer offers.During her senior year of high school, my daughter was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor (Hypothalamic Hamartoma) that caused debilitating seizures. At the time, I was employed as a teacher in the Clark County School District — the … Continue reading The Problem with Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
Republicans, are you really willing to go to the mat with this nominee? Kavanaugh was an entitled young man who sexually assaulted at least one teenage girl while in high school (Dr. Ford), and on his yearbook page, he bragged about having intercourse with another girl (Renate Alumnius) and sexually exploiting other girls (Devil’s Triangle … Continue reading Destroy the Patriarchy!
Joyce O’Day 