Category Archives: Civil Rights

Lives Matter

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Harold

I believe that nature is cyclical, that history does tend to repeat itself, but I don’t believe that it is inevitable that the same mistakes must be repeated time after time. I believe that, as sentient and rational beings, we … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Coexisting With Partisan Politics

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Harold

I believe that my problem is that in my mind I have conflated two separate processes. I sense that I’m not the only one who has made that error. I’ve been ranting because I would really like the opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Is Jimmy Coming Out?

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Harold

You may -but probably do not- know that Jimmy Carter is one of a couple of well-publicized people I think I’d like to have coffee with. In 1976 the guy who brought us home while leaving the South Vietnamese to … Continue reading →

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This is what tripped my trigger.

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Harold

You people all enjoy your Mexican “holiday” tomorrow; there’s plenty of time for you to figure out how to deport them starting Sunday. Let’s think for a minute about Chen Guancheng. Here’s a blind kid from out in the boonies … Continue reading →

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A Quick Note on the Dismissal of Shirley Sherrod, etc.

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Harold

When I get one of those screeds that go around, the very first thing that I do is go to, for instance, Snopes or Truth or Fiction, etc., to see if there’s any truth to it.  That’s just me. I … Continue reading →

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The Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Harold

I noticed that today is the anniversary of President (Lyndon) Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.  I was 17 at the time, between my junior and senior years of high school in Davenport, Iowa, and it … Continue reading →

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