April 12, 1945: A Photo Diary
Note: I am republishing this diary that I posted two years ago. The diary got a nice response the first time, and the comments were outstanding. JekyllnHyde contributed great cartoons, ArtSchmart had...
View ArticleA Note About Fascism
In my earlier diary I noted that the wingnuts have taken to quoting Franklin D Roosevelt to support their anti-union stance.However they avoid this one like the plague."The liberty of democracy is not...
View ArticleRedState and Conservatives: Making it up as they go along...Again
The titleWisconsin cops & firemen break their oaths.The reasoningThat there is anyway merely confirms why the notorious small-government conservative FDR was entirely correct in opposing public...
View Article'Right to work' founder was a Klan fan
By BERRY CRAIGAFT Local 1360AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka didn’t pull punches when he announced Tuesday that he and Thea Lee, AFL-CIO deputy chief of staff, were exiting President Trump’s...
View ArticleWhen a hungry country gets a soup sandwich
A lifetime ago, when I was just 18 years old and newly enlisted in the Army, I earned a drill sergeant’s wrath. I don’t remember why, and he likely didn’t need a reason. I was a private and just...
View ArticleKrystal Ball book: Dems must rekindle the spirit of FDR to reverse the...
By BERRY CRAIGAFT Local 1360The Murray, Ky., Woman’s Club meets in a building that’s a memorial to a president who won nearly 90 percent of the local vote when he was elected going on 85 years...
View ArticleA Partial History of the Removal Power
Preet Bharara, former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, provided us with some political drama this weekend. The drama was in his refusing to go quietly. Before going, he...
View ArticleSpicer: The GOP is 'a states' rights party'
By BERRY CRAIGThe GOP of “Lincoln and Liberty” has been gone for about 50 years. But Sean Spicer just made it official: the Republicans are “a states' rights party.”President Donald Trump’s press...
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Pearl Harbor- The Greatest American President
Today marks the 75th Anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The surprise early morning attack on December 7, 1941 by the Imperial Japanese Army left 2,403 dead, twenty vessels destroyed and our...
View ArticleWhat are the best and worst presidential speeches?
There are many differences between what’s actually in the Bible, and common perceptions of what most people think is in the Bible. For example, the Moses of the Exodus story is described as timid,...
View ArticleAnother Theory About Why People Vote Republican
My recent diary about the motivations of Republican voters got a lot of attention, for which I'm very grateful. Today I had another thought about why people vote Republican, as my quest to understand...
View ArticleWhen Politics was Civil, and Worked
When Politics was Civil, and WorkedOur world is facing challenges unprecidented in my memory, which goes back to WWII. Some changes become so entrenched that they are no longer noticed, rather it is...
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Ukraine Crisis Facts Bring Discord to U.S. Mighty Wurlitzer
"We can fight against the Europeans, we can fight with rhetoric against them," said Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland during a meeting of United States officials at a...
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Mojo Friday - Triskaidekaphobia - Edition
tris-kahy-dek-uh-foh-bee-uh noun fear or a phobia concerning the number 13.Didn't we just have a Friday the 13th diary last month? Why yes, yes we did. In fact Friday the 13th will happen three times...
View ArticleOn the Road to Political Irrelevance with Rudy Giuliani
Another famous New Yorker, Yogi Berra, once said, “We may be lost but we’re making good time.” That pretty much sums up the current state of Rudy Giuliani’s political reality and doesn’t bode well for...
View ArticleObama Should Rediscover His Inner Roosevelts
From The Progressive PopulistKen Burns produced another excellent documentary series for PBS with his seven-part biography of the Roosevelt family which helped mold the government of the modern United...
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When Government Helped
The New Deal era beginning in the 1930s set up the government structure we enjoy today. But ever since, conservatives have waged a protected war on “Big Government.”The assault on government deepened...
View ArticlePearl Harbor. Conversations on the Day of Infamy, 1941
There has never been any doubt on my mind of how much that day in December 7, 1941 has affected my life and memories. On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese air force of its Impiral Military...
View ArticleBattling Wall Street: The Kennedy Presidency, Part 1
I originally posted this diary on February 11, 2007, and Volume Two a day later. I wish I could say it was to rave reviews, but, alas, it was to just the chirping of crickets. Now, after five years of...
View ArticleA Call for an Economic Bill of Rights for the 21st Century
Nearly 70 years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed that everyone has the right to a job with decent wage, his message continues to ring true.The economy of the 21st century remains mired in...
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