Social Policy

“Barack Obama’s failed appointment of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016 lacked both imagination and hard-ball politics, leaving a legacy of ‘what ifs’ that Obama, if he’s being honest, will confront.” The above quote is from Eleanor Clift’s article today. To see her full argument go to the following site: https://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/51126-focus-did-obama-pick-merrick-garland-or-did-orrin-hatch I agree … [Read more…]

While President Trump is continuing to be inept, crude, and inconsistent on many issues, he is consistent in his white nationalism. This practice is apparent in the current immigrant crisis—a crisis that he created. He campaigned as a white nationalist, planning to ban Muslims from the country and building a wall to keep out illegal … [Read more…]

  When you lose the narrative you are on your way to losing the issue. Calling Justice Anthony Kennedy a moderate is an example of losing the narrative. He is not moderate. This guy coordinated his retirement with the Trump White House to insure that a conservative would replace him. See the article on this … [Read more…]

Charles Blow hits the nail on the head in this recent column in the New York Times. Trump Remakes America by Charles Blow Donald Trump, a lying, bullying, womanizing autocrat-idolizer, is fundamentally transforming America in very real and lasting ways, in ways that have left decent people slack-jawed, enraged and exasperated. He has overtaken and … [Read more…]

This week, a conservative Supreme Court majority empowered Donald Trump to continue his racist Muslim travel ban, Texas Republicans to deliberately diminish the political power of nonwhite voters, and pro-life pregnancy crisis centers to withhold information about abortion services from their female patients. They also dealt a blow to the American labor movement in general … [Read more…]

June 26, 2018, may go down in history as a dark day in the record of the U.S. Supreme Court. Today the conservative majority on the Court went through odd contortions to uphold President’s Trump’s racist Muslim ban in the Trump v. Hawaii case. Justice Sonia Sotomayer, in her blistering dissent, showed stark parallels between … [Read more…]

For a clear description of the WHY of Trump’s cruelty to immigrant children please see the following piece from the Rachel Maddow Show: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-cruel-to-migrant-kids-to-drive-immigration-political-wedge-1259660867952?v=b The entire piece is 21 minutes and 31 seconds long; however, if you are short on time see the part from 10:34 to 18:30. I could not agree more with Rachel.

Starbucks acted strongly in its attempt to remedy the racist behavior of the store manager who called the police on two black men last month in a store in Philadelphia. But to address the problem, they must do more. Starbucks closed more than 8,000 of their stores on the afternoon of May 29 to conduct … [Read more…]

Before John Shippen came along, the head golf professionals were from Scotland where the game originated many years earlier. Golf in America was devoted mostly to amateurs at the private clubs. As it happens, blacks and Native Americans were the first Americans to take up the trade of golf professional, the person who repaired golf … [Read more…]

The United States Golf Association (USGA) is holding its 118th U.S. Open this week at Shinnecock Hills, an elite Country Club on Long Island. This is a historic site as Shinnecock was one of the five clubs that started organized golf (the USGA) in 1894. Consequently, commentators may refer to the history of the game … [Read more…]