Covid patients are once again filling hospitals. Everytime there is another surge, I can’t help but think about all the children who experienced the death of a parent. In April, the journal Jama Pediatrics published a study asserting that around 43,000 children in the U.S. alone had experienced the death…

I live in Texas, I wish I didn’t though. I, like many other parents, refuse to risk the health of my under 12 years old child. School districts in San Antonio/Bexar County think that assuring us that classrooms will have hand sanitizer and that some, though not all, classrooms will…

I HAVE HAD IT WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY! Promises were made during the 2020 presidential election. Other than Covid-19 relief and making Juneteenth a federal holiday, it has failed to deliver. Let’s start with an obvious truth that is often either overlooked or unstated. Speaker Pelosi manages to get meaningful…

Student Loan Cancellation I am so tired of people who argue that student loans shouldn’t be cancelled. One of their main arguments is about the fairness of it to those who have paid their loans in full. My rebuttal is that all student loan debt should be cancelled & any payments made should be refunded. Some people are so concerned about a few people having their student loans cancelled who can afford them that they’d rather the rest of us drown in debt until we die. Where were those people who don’t want anyone who has money getting something from the federal government when the wealthy got tax breaks from Trump & republicans?

Current President Joe Biden in his 2013 Official Portrait when he was Vice president. From Wikipedia. Gregg Abbott, who unfortunately is the governor of Texas, the state where I live, has decided to end the mask mandate and allow businesses to open at 100% capacity starting on March 10, 2021…

I am a progressive liberal. I follow science and the advice of experts. I have a child who has been doing virtual learning since his school closed in March of last year. I recognize that he has fallen behind, I don’t like it of course, but I understand that distance…

The Police State and the Democratic Republic… Our nation is usually referred to as a democracy or a democratic republic. It hides behind this facade refusing to acknowledge that it is at the same time also a police state, not for everyone mind you, but for Black people and Brown…

Amy Coney Barrett Should Not Be Allowed to Serve on the Supreme Court. Amy Coney Barrett’s refusal to answer direct questions regarding Roe v Wade, the Affordable Care Act & same sex marriage along with her refusal to commit to recusing herself from any cases concerning the presidential election, should…

Stopping to get gas with a side of racism… Today I experienced what I believe is racism by a non-Hispanic white female. My husband handed me money to go pay for gas. Granted I should have counted it but I didn’t & I went by how much he said it…