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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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Tag: Economics

The Nightmare After Gorbachev

Paul Krugman has been an Opinion columnist since 2000 and is also a distinguished professor at the City University of … More

Economics, Education, history, market economies, Mikhail Gorbachev, post-Gorbachev Russia, Putinissm, Research, Russia, Socialism, Soviet economy, truth

Why Do We Swallow What Big Oil and the Green Movement Tell Us?

Thomas L. Friedman – NY Times – 18 May “It has long been said that the definition of insanity is … More

Advocacy, deadlock, denial, Economics, Education, environment, geopolitical, Greens, health, Nature, Oil policy, Science, Thom Friedman, truth

Saying Goodbye

Last week, a small group of neighbors gathered in Lake City to say goodbye to seven people who died on … More

Advocacy, Economics, empathy, health, homelessness, Lake City, outreach, Seattle Mennonite Church, truth, Women in Black

How Humanity Has Unleashed a Flood of Zoonotic Diseases

As we degrade animal habitats, reduce biodiversity and reach ever deeper into the wilderness for resources, we’re all but certain … More

animal habitats, biodiversity, Economics, environment, health, Nature, Science, testing, truth, Zoonotic Diseases

Our Racial Pandemic

The following was written, compiled, by an 18 year young lady who is passionately concerned by what she is witnessing … More

Advocacy, Black Lives Matter, Economics, equality, equity, history, involvement, justice, opportunity, parity, Politics, truth, USA

‘We’re on our own’: how the pandemic isolates families of disabled children

Families of children with special educational needs are resilient, but the Covid-19 crisis has hit our support systems hard Brian … More

Disabilities, Economics, Education, families, health, pandemic, Special Education, United Kingdom, Young people

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent … More

culture, Economics, equality, equity, history, Letter from a Birmingham Jail, life, Martin Luther King Jr., Politics, survival, truth, USA

The End of College as We Knew It?

Restaurants get eulogies. Airlines get bailouts. Shakespeare gets kicked when he’s down. Frank Bruni – Opinion Piece – NY Times … More

culture, Economics, Education, health, life, Opinion, Science, survival, truth, Universities

If We Had a Real Leader

David Brooks – NY Times – Opinion Columnist – 29 may 2020 Imagining Covid under a normal president. “This week … More

David Brooks, Economics, Essay, health, history, Opinion, Politics, survival, tradgedy, truth, USA

‘A Strange Feeling’: Owner Of Seattle’s Bop Street Records Reflects On Closing Shop After 30 Years

I wasn’t paying attention when this story ran on CBS news the other night. Half way through the broadcast I … More

Bop Street Records, Coronavirus, Dave Voorhees, Economics, entertainment, Friends, life, loss, Seattle stories, USA

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