Category Archives: Good Things Happening

Good news we’ve all been awaiting

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Naomi

Brought to us by Media Matters: After Tucker Carlson was abruptly fired from Fox News in April, ratings for the network nosedived. A new Media Matters analysis finds that Fox’s prime-time ratings have still not recovered, remaining dramatically down from … Continue reading →

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It’s back! The Freedom to Vote Act

Posted on July 21, 2023 by Naomi

Didn’t I recently remind myself about all the great bills already written and pending in Congress? If only we had a Congress which would pass them? Sure I did. And earlier this week, my optimistic attitude got a boost from … Continue reading →

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The answer to the central question of our lives

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Naomi

Why? Why the craziness ever since November 2016? Over the past seven years, I’ve spent considerable time trying to figure out why anybody I knew would vote for Trump. And I came up with quite a few scientific and quasi-scientific … Continue reading →

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