HAKEEM’S DREAM: The ABC’s of Democracy. (Following 15 ballots to elect a new Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Democratic Leader of the House, Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, N.Y.) delivered a powerful speech defending democratic ideals, before handing over the Speaker’s gavel to Kevin McCarthy, from California. In his speech…

’Twas 12 days after Christmas, And all through the House, All the GOPers were screaming, To elect their Chief Louse. Some candidates were hung On Pence scaffolds with care, In hopes that the pallbearers, Soon would be there. The Democrats were nestled, All snug in their seats, While visions of…

One of the most egregious mistakes of Bill Clinton’s tenure as President — a politically-motivated blunder that almost rivaled his unconscionable rejection of a needle exchange program, which medical evidence clearly demonstrated would save millions of lives — was his signing into law the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), less…

(Thirty months ago, back in July 2020, I urged Dr. Tony Fauci to resign from the Trump Administration in protest, and spill the beans about Trump’s terrible handling of the COVID Pandemic, which has killed 1.2 million Americans as of November 2022. Fortunately, Dr. Fauci paid no attention to my…

I thought I knew pretty much everything about the 2011 attempted assassination of former Arizona Member of Congress, Gabby Giffords, and her remarkable and arduous recovery from being shot in the head. Then I watched an eye-opening CNN documentary about her entitled Won’t Back Down, and was inspired anew. …

The first time I met Josh Shapiro, he didn’t strike me as Ted Lasso, the way the brilliant writer David Sirota described him earlier this month, in his piece “The Democrat Who Picks Fights with Bad Guys,” (https://www.levernews.com/the-democrat-standing-between-america-and-fascism/).

I am ALL 12 angry men. I am a truthful man, Furious at the evil hate and fear Of strong women, by flaccid, weak men; Shriveled souls, hell-bent on complete control, To compensate for un-faced failures, buried deep inside dark holes. I am a Caucasian man, Enraged at so many…