A very good friend’s father worked at the Chevy plant on Union Boulevard in St. Louis. Most of that time he made Corvettes, sanding and grinding the fiberglass bodies. A bit after he retired he developed mesothelioma, an awful Read More …
Category: Driving Change
Galvanizing “Gutsy Women” at the NWPC Luncheon
On April 1, 2017 about 300 women and men gathered in Forest Park for a luncheon of the national Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC) to “galvanize gutsy women.” The mission of the NWPC is to recruit, train, and elect progressive women Read More …
Book Review of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
I thought this was just a bad dream from which I would eventually awaken. I thought, that in time, a short time, the world would get back to “normal.” Now, I know. It is not a dream; not even a Read More …
The Benefit of White House Offices for Ivanka and Jared
Ivanka Trump-Kushner and Jared Kushner both officially got offices in the West Wing of the White House. Ivanka got an office and is considered an “un-paid” employee. Jared is in charge of a vague office touting business innovation. First impressions Read More …
Protect Institutions From Tyranny
The March 24, 2017 episode of Real Time With Bill Maher included guest, Dr. Timothy Snyder. Dr. Snyder is a professor of history at Yale University and a respected academic specializing in the history of Eastern and Central Europe and Read More …
This Week: Volunteer, Call, Write, and ACT!
April 23, 2017: Activism matters, and we can’t relax! Stephen Webber, the new chair of the Missouri Democratic Party, will speak at the Oak Bend Library on Wednesday, May 3rd, 6:30 pm. It will be a chance for us to ask Read More …