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Painful Integration Memories
In 1970 I was a 13 year old black teen heading to 8th grade. This was the first year of integration and I was apptehesive, The school bus picked me and the other children up and drove us across town. Previously I could walk to the elementary and junior high I had attended, but now I was forced to take the bus. This was new and exciting yet intimidating. I had no idea how this was going to turn out but soon reality kicked in.
By 6 years ago in The Swamp
Meghan Markle – A Right Royal debate!
The start of this piece isn’t about Princess Michael of Kent, it’s about a piece of her jewellery. She wore a Blackamoor brooch (above) to a lunch a few years ago that Meghan Markle attended. Some will argue, and many did in 2017, that she was being racist by wearing the brooch.
By Ian Peter Loftus6 years ago in The Swamp
The Trump Train Phenomenon
“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.” ― Mark Twain The Beginning Politics have never really attracted me. I’m not sure why, it just didn’t feel right to be involved. However, I always paid attention in a detached sort of way. Even before I knew it consciously.
By Christopher Boswell6 years ago in The Swamp
The Candidate Who Inspired Me To Vote
Yesterday, I learned the candidate I had hoped to vote for ended his campaign for president. It took me by surprise as I really believed in him. I couldn’t think of a better man at this time to be my president than him. This president hopeful was Senator Cory Booker from New Jersey.
By D. M. McCoy 6 years ago in The Swamp
Come on Czech Republic, why so low?
The Czech Republic has dropped in this year’s global ranking of press freedom all the way to the 40th position, which represents another six-spot decline since the year 2018. The country has an index score of 24.89, which is still constituting a marginally satisfactory situation, but in the opinion of some Czech journalists, also a significant step back.
By Anna Dohnalová6 years ago in The Swamp
An Open Letter to Sophia L Thomas
An Open Letter to Sophia L Thomas Whenever a new face steps into a healthcare leadership role, there is a hope that new life and positivity will fill the space another left behind. My wish for you was that you would put patient safety before an agenda to propagate misinformation about the role of physician’s advocacy in America's current healthcare crisis. However, I, unfortunately, was wrong.
By Dr. Megan Babb6 years ago in The Swamp
Ohio Senator, John Becker, You Owe the Women of This Country and My Physician Colleagues an Apology
The anti-abortion movement in Washington makes me cringe. This is mainly for two reasons. One, as a human, I am absolute in a woman's right to choose. Two, as a physician, my education allows me to recognize the unintended consequences of advocating against this, and it so happens, this topic falls in my lane. Yet those who are trying to dictate a woman's right to choose are not physicians and, more positively, rarely women. The issue of woman's health rights, within the political arena, is not for a matter of personal opinion. Rather a place for discussion aimed to find policies that place women in control of their reproductive health. Instead, your version of a woman's right to choose is nothing more than a curtain of lies concealing misogynistic behaviors aimed at creating policies that place women out of the control of their reproductive health. By law, you are no more in control of a woman's arm or the words that come out of her mouth (like mine today) then you are of her uterus. Yet, you use your political position to push agendas that aim to place subjective opinion above objective scientific evidence. This is an unsafe way to operate Senator. Bad business, indeed.
By Dr. Megan Babb6 years ago in The Swamp
The Moral Hypocrisy of Hollywood
There used to be a time when we could count on Actors, Actresses, and Comediennes to actually entertain us. We could watch award shows with excitement to see our favorite movies and actors win. We knew the show would be full of great entertainment such as singing, movie clips and of course, comedy. Those were the good old days. Bob Hope probably cries in heaven when the Academy Awards shows every year. The award shows have become a spectacle of cursing, insults, and preaching to those of us who would dare to vote for President Trump because he is supposedly the one with bad rhetoric and poor judgment. He is the immoral one, heck he was married three times. How immoral is that? He insults people! OH, holy horror! A president who insults those who insult him, his family, and his friends. How dare he fight back.
By Karen Magnan6 years ago in The Swamp
