January 1, 2021 Pearl River Normally in our family we lobby and cajole everyone to try to assess the year and make some goals for the coming year. How do we do this in 2021, when so much of 2020 was so different than expected, and so much of 2021 …
The Scary Trump Wannabes
December 31, 2020 Pearl River When Kentucky Senator and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the voice of reason for the Republicans, you have to know we’re facing real trouble. McConnell had appealed to his caucus in the Senate for no one to raise an objection on January 6th, when Congress receives and accepts the certified …
Voter Suppression Unmasked and Undaunted
December 30, 2020 Pearl River What’s the saying, “if wishes were horses, beggars would ride….” The old Scottish nursing rhyme harkens to the days when the differences between the rich and poor might be a matter of transportation. The line came to me as I began reading a recent New York Times article that catalogued …