The Women of The International Longshoremen’s Association AFL-CIO under the tutelage of Andrea Gardner presented a book signing event for Linda Tarr-Whelan’s book “Women Lead The Way”. Linda Tarr-Whelan gave an empowering speech specifically addressed at women to empower themselves. She stated that America is rated 80th in the number of women serving politically. She […]

While blogging at the Democratic National Convention I was honored to have Dr. Mona Mangat of Doctors for America sit with me for an interview on the Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare at The PPL. Dr. Mangat was excellent in defining our health care problems in an easy to understand language. Dr. Mangat […]

Bill Clinton was like that professor in class everybody likes. He was like that popular teacher. The message however was no joke. Bill Clinton laid out the stark choices Americans must make. The reality is this should not be a close election if Americans decided to follow what is in their best interest. LIKE My […]

I am attending the Democratic Convention. I am a Liberal Democrat and I was proud to be in the presence of people who went overboard to show a genuine inclusiveness that was void in the display we received from the Republican Convention. What was interesting is that I expected everyone to be hyper-partisan as one […]

Soledad O’Brien should be given a raise and high praise for real solid journalism for her John Sununu interview. Soledad has single handedly raised CNN’s stature and puts its real journalistic acumen on the path to redemption after having adopted a real policy of fair and balance that have allowed lies and misinformation to simulate […]

Melissa Harris Perry had a most necessary explosive moment on her show after Bloomberg’s Monica Mehta intimated the misguided notion that the risk taken by the wealthy with their capital is so much more risky than what the average middle class or poor person takes comparatively. Most in the mainstream media seem to be intimidated […]

I got a call from Dr. John Theis this afternoon asking me if I received my copy of “This is Kingwood Monthly – The Community Standard”. He was a bit perturbed that the publisher/editor of this community newspaper would take on a polarizing position as editor in a community that has both President Obama supporters […]

Chris Matthews was on Morning Joe and challenged the Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus for the Mitt Romney campaigns subliminally racist, ethnic, and classist campaign. It is evident that many of the Right Wing Republicans are so used to no push back that they continue to push the envelope. What was interesting is how taken […]

Dear Mr. Akin, I Want You to Imagine… Eve Ensler – Tony award winning playwright, performer and activist Posted: 08/20/2012 4:08 pm Dear Todd Akin, I am writing to you tonight about rape. It is 2 AM and I am unable to sleep here in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I am in Bukavu at […]