Category: political
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Who pays when we prohibit abortions?
Mothers and families aren’t the only ones to pay the price for laws prohibiting abortions. We all will bear the financial burdens. Have Republicans proposed a budget for this?
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A message for graduates
No one’s asked me to speak at graduation, but I’ve prepared a message for seniors anyway. Theme: Values you’ve been taught in school—forget them. 1) Play fair. In sports and group projects you’ve been taught to work cooperatively, follow the rules, and lose gracefully. Forget it. Look out for Number One, remake the rules to…
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Is it left or right?
I’m confused. I no longer know left from right. Vladimir Putin was a member of the KGB of the Soviet Union, a communist confederation. Communists are considered to be on the Far Left of the political spectrum. But there is no longer a Soviet Union, hence no longer a communist state. Property that once belonged…
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Dare Americans tune out?
We live in a time when we dare not avoid information just because it depresses us, bores us, or taxes our brain. Russian interference in the 2016 election, migrant children and parents separated at the border, the opening of Alaskan wilderness to oil producers, lifetime appointments of conservative federal judges—all of these demand our informed…
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Mr. Trump, meet Aunt Helen
Trump’s presidency contributes to negative images of aging. As an old lady, I resent it.
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After Election 2016, getting my life back–sort of
When the election is over, I told myself, and Hillary is our President, then I’ll get to follow my light-hearted blogging urges.
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For those who have been Feeling the Bern
What did I learn from the election of 1968? That Americans will elect a crook before they’ll elect anyone veering far to the left.
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Is Hillary so dishonest?
Mom was the nurturer, greeting us when we came home from school, preparing our meals. Dad was the boss, the enforcer of rules, often with the palm of his hand. This clarity of roles gave us a sense of security. Nowadays Mom goes to work and Dad has relinquished much of his authority. The old…
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A restroom war in North Carolina
With national primary races for President so entertaining, few are paying attention to state politics. Is that why NC’s representatives are engaging in a restroom war?
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The Christian Agenda
The 2016 primaries have come to the Bible Belt. Already politicians are competing for the evangelical vote. For too long we progressive Christians have allowed evangelicals to be spokespersons for the Gospel. In fact, in the minds of many outside the Christian faith, “Christian” and “conservative” are synonymous. Evangelicals tend to preach against homosexuality and…
Nancy Werking Poling 