This morning, I’ve been reading a blog I never posted, a blog that expressed my outrage and shock at what we the people have done to ourselves. Ninety plus years have not prepared me for the pure hatred, arrogance, vengeance, gleeful exercise of power for its own sake with which Trump and Musk destroy department […]
It’s done. Trump has won not only the Presidency, but both houses of Congress and the Supreme Court. In the three weeks since his inauguration, he has stopped work in department after department, received the code to the Treasury, eliminated US foreign aid, and proceeded to round up immigrants—legal or not—and, just to show off […]
We are in limbo. That’s the short answer. I’ve spent the weeks since the election in shock—but not surprise, wondering why I was not surprised and trying to think of anything to say that would express my wordlessness. And failing. This is where polarization has taken us, and part of me feels my entire adulthood […]
For left-leaning university departments to impose one political theory as Truth is brainwashing, not education and is very little different from powers on the right threatening the Speaker of the House for talking with the opposing party.
Donald Trump screams abuse at a courtroom he can’t control. House speaker Johnson faces threats to depose him if he brings legislative order to the House. Against the ever-increasing loss of life, Ukraine continues to resist the control of Putin. Netanyahu promises annihilation of Hamas, who seeks the destruction of Israel. The press is […]
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Few tenets of the US Constitution have been as […]
When asked about his advanced age, President Biden’s response was, “Watch me.” On March 7th, he gave a ninety-minute performance that should have silenced the nay-sayers of both parties. The media, for the first time, was excited—even astonished?—by the speech. He dared to confront the enemy: “…When you get to be my age, certain […]
Last week I wrote a blog on MSNBC’s talent for blowing trivia into outrage, but before I could post it, the District of Columbia Appeals Court ruled that Trump is not above the law, that his plea for Presidential immunity isn’t valid. With that event, the case charging him with insurrection took a giant leap […]
Everywhere I hear sighs of relief as we close the door on 2023. That is certainly true at our house. Starting in January 2023 when I broke my leg, followed by the loss of two dogs and a broken hip—this time my housemate’s. a rough year. Beyond our doors, the nation moved closer and […]
If I asked three people the above question, I’d get as many or more answers. For some, it’s the central value of their lives, for some a necessary evil, for some it lies at the heart of self reliance. For some it means opportunity, for others, it gives purpose. It’s the work ethic that […]
This past week my housemate and I took off with two dogs for the Oregon coast for a three-day celebration of my ninetieth birthday. We’d done the same thing in June for my housemate’s eightieth. As we waited for the ferry, my housemate fell. Shaken up and bruised but okay, we continued. We took […]
I’ve just finished reading Imperfect Heart: a Journal, a Book club, and a Global Pandemic, a good writer friend’s* as yet unpublished chronical of the Covid pandemic. A blend of non-fiction and fiction, the book opens in April 2020 at the start of the pandemic, leads up to the January 6th attempted coup, and ends […]
Judith Kirscht lives and works in the beautiful Puget Sound area. She is the author of four published works of fiction with more to come soon!
