BY SHARON MARTIN There’s a lot of disinformation available if you want to fool yourself into believing that everything is OK. Given my anxiety level these days, I’m tempted to turn off social media and the news and fantasize about the world I want, a world in which the president and his administration care about…
First Of Two Parts BY SHARON MARTIN The most dangerous man in America thinks being gay is a choice. He believes the high rate of suicide among young gay people is because they are fighting nature and are in torment. Doesn’t sound like much of a choice, does it? He and others like him pile on…
BY SHARON MARTIN The United States has never been kind to all its citizens. The natives of this continent weren’t even granted citizenship, the right to vote, to have a say in governance, until the 1920s. Yes, that includes the heroic Choctaw code talkers of World War I. Slaves were actual property with fewer rights…
BY SHARON MARTIN I’m still trying to wrap my mind around why anyone would vote for a man who filed repeatedly for bankruptcy because “we need a good businessman in the White House.” Let’s grab a dictionary and look up the definition of bankruptcy. Do you understand the moral bankruptcy of cheating contractors, of taking…
BY SHARON MARTIN Nobody likes to pay taxes. Nobody likes to pay mortgage payments or rent, either, but we want the security of roof and walls. Taxes are a necessary part of a democracy. It’s the money we all throw into the pot. In return, we expect infrastructure and services that serve the common good….
