My dear mama has been a yellow-dog-Democrat since forever. If you’re unfamiliar with the phrase, it means “I’ll vote for a yellow dog before I’ll vote for a Republican.” I don’t blame her one bit for holding this rather harsh view. As a person, a Republican elected official may be …
New Yorkers have a reputation as notorious multi-taskers. They think nothing of noshing a bagel while juggling their carefully folded New York Times, striking a quick deal on their cell phones when the D train dashes across the Manhattan Bridge, one arm wrapped around a pole in the swaying car …
I recently found myself re-reading a New York Times op-ed letter written by Captain Chesney “Sully” Sullenberger. Published in January of this year, he took aim at the cruelty of Tribe Trump by talking about his own experience as a child with a severe stutter. Captain Sully called out Lara …
There’s a recent Op-Ed in the Times that talks about false choices. Republican politicians seem very fond of them, as do some of the Big Business boosters out there. Thomas Friedman cites an example or two. For example, “We can wear masks and social distance OR we can open our …
Every American should be able to exercise their right to vote. I strenuously disagree with the notion promoted by some state legislatures that “voting is … a privilege to be enjoyed by “worthy” people and not by others.” I can think of few more shameful civic behaviors in America than …
In keeping with our intention to post two weeks (or so) of early and absentee voting information as an Art for Art’s Sake Press public service announcement, here are your options if you live in Maine, California, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Indiana, Ohio and Georgia. Oct. 4 Maine Oct. 5 California, …
As I said last weekend, it’s public service announcement time here at Art for Art’s Sake Press. We want everyone to exercise their right to vote. To do that, we’re adding special posts to give readers a heads-up on when their states open the window for early or absentee voting. …
It’s public service announcement time here at Art for Art’s Sake Press. We want everyone to exercise their right to vote. To do that, we’ll add special posts to give readers a heads-up on when their states open the window for early or absentee voting. So first out of the …
Words matter. I think we can all agree that just as a rose is not a dandelion, a bullet is not a stick. And we should also be able to agree that protest is not necessarily anarchy. Calling Black Lives Matter protesters “domestic terrorists,” while waving away the fact that …
