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Welcome to my advocacy blog. My goal is to post relevant information that will spark action, discussion and interaction, creating a catalyst for solutions and ideas to impact the challenges we face in our society. We welcome comments, suggestions and submissions in support of those seeking a voice. "…Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear…"

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Category: history

We Americans are dancing on the Titanic. Our iceberg is not far away

The greatest shock of all would be to wake up and find that while we were driving the kids to … More

a country divided, Abortion rights, angry and mean, draconian, dystopian, ignoring citizens wants and needs, Republican right wing, Roe v Wade, short sighted, US Supreme Court decision

Canada Will Allow Americans To Cross The Border For Abortions: Trudeau

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Saturday that the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn a constitutional … More

abortion, Advocacy, America, Canada, Education, Friends, history, justice, Justin Trudeau, pro-choice, Science, truth, womens rights

America the Merciless

Pamela Paul – NY Times “As the Fourth of July looms with its flags and its barbecues and its full-throated … More

Advocacy, capital punishment, Education, false patriotism, history, justice?, lack of mercy, Nature, Pamela Paul, Roe v. Wade, truth

It Feels Like Boris Johnson’s Britain Is Finally ‘Sinking Giggling Into the Sea’

By Samuel Earle – Mr. Earle is a British journalist who writes about politics and culture. LONDON — For Boris Johnson, … More

Boris Johnson, Conservatives, Covid parties, Education, history, inflation, London Times, recession, Samuel Earlw, truth, United Kingdom

Can Ron Desantis Displace Trump??

Dexter Filkins – THE NEW YORKER – 20 June 2022 “One Sunday afternoon in September, 2020, Jay Bhattacharya, an epidemiologist … More

American elections, anti-democratic, Dexter Filkins, Education, Faucian dystopia, history, New Yorker, Politics, Republicans, Ron Desantis

The Future Isn’t Female Anymore

By Michelle Goldberg – Opinion Columnist – NY Times “The Drift, a buzzy literary journal founded by Kiara Barrow and Rebecca … More

Advocacy, Education, feminism, generational differences, history, Michelle Goldberg, profound malise, Research, womens rights

Hence, Mike Pence

By Maureen Dowd – Opinion Columnist – NY Times – 18 June WASHINGTON — The fate of a sycophant is never … More

6 January insurrection, Courage, destroy democracy, history, Maureen Dowd, Pence, sycophants, Trump, trump lies and lies, truth

Where Did the Black Death Begin? DNA Detectives Find a Key Clue.

By fishing shards of bacterial DNA from the teeth of bodies in a cemetery, researchers found the starting point for … More

Black Death, Education, environment, Gina Kolata, Giovanni Boccaccio, history, Max Planck Institutes for Evolutionary Anthropology, Nature, NY Times, Research, Science, truth

The true story of Annie Oakley, legendary sharpshooter

BYEMILY MARTIN – National Geographic – 6 June “As a star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, the 19th-century icon … More

American historic people, Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Education, history, Queen Victoria, Research, romance, truth, Western History, Western myths

It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore.

By Kim Phuc Phan Thi – 6 June 2022Ms. Phan Thi is the founder of the Kim Foundation International, which provides … More

Education, history, Kim Phuc Phan Thi, napalm, never forget, Nick Ut, pain, photography, shock, truth, Viet Nam war

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