The Memorial Day history forgot: The Martyrs of the Race Course
It has become a Daily Kos tradition for me to republish this Memorial Day story I first wrote in 2014. I have ancestors, Black and white, who fought for the Union during the Civil War. This is posted...
View ArticleUPDATED: Here we go again: Another mass shooting
Via ABC news:At least three people are dead and multiple people are injured following a shooting at the Natalie Building at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Wednesday, according to...
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Photo Diary: Fort Dickerson Park, Knoxville TN
Fort Dickerson Park commemorates the Confederate siege of Knoxville TN during the Civil War. It is one of the best-preserved earthenworks Civil War forts.For those who don't know, I live in a converted...
View ArticleProsecute Trump a "Tough Decision"? Not At All! No One Has Ever Been More...
“Despite Overwhelming Evidence of Guilt,” ran the title of a recent piece here on Daily Kos, “the DOJ has a tough decision around prosecuting Trump.” And the piece quotes various legal experts...
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What may yet be revealed
Warning: This diary contains spoilers.As I interpret Get Out, the fantasy for White Americans is the myth of the enviable Black body. To be sure, throughout American history, Whites have destroyed the...
View ArticleDeclare the Fort Pillow Battlefield a National Monument
As a fitting Juneteenth decree, rather than just a symbolic acknowledgement, President Biden should issue an Executive Order establishing the Fort Pillow National Monument in Tennessee. It would simply...
View ArticleOur Supreme Court is Laying the Groundwork For Another Civil War! We're a...
In the 1850’s WE HAD TWO OPPOSITE SETS OF LAWS - AT THE SAME TIME - IN THE UNITED STATES OVER BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS.Does this sound familiar? And to make matters worse the Supreme Court gleefully threw...
View ArticleA "Dred Scot" Decision for Our Times
I don’t want to overstate this, but yesterday’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe reminds me in many ways of the Dred Scot decision of 1857. That’s the decision in which a bunch of Supreme Court...
View ArticleWe're on a clock.
Those of you who may have followed my diaries over the last year or so may have noticed that one particular thread has run through them: despite our problems as a nation, it is my sincere belief that...
View ArticleThe New Civil War
During his confirmation hearings, Clarence Thomas said that he felt as if he was undergoing a ‘high-tech lynching’ after he was forced to defend allegations of sexual harassment from Professor Anita...
View ArticleIt's now a #CivilWar, and this is the #UndergroundRailroad
It's now a #CivilWar, and this is the #UndergroundRailroad
View ArticleCartoon: Next Level Libertarian
On The Fence is a continuing story. Imagine if you were somehow plucked out of your life in 2012 and dropped into all the craziness of the present day you would be totally disoriented. By the same...
View ArticleI’m Sad for My Country, this Divided States of America.
I’m sad for my country this 4th of July. I think that is unfortunate that so many people are in so much pain that we have become a country of two tribes. I have been shocked that there are so many...
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Four tragicomic observations on the situation
1850: Bring on the Inhabitants of our FrontiersJustice Gorsuch is at least consistent in his desire to turn back the clock, way back. He is the most adamant advocate to restore now-abated Tribal...
View ArticleThe New Civil War: The 50-year Conservative Plan
The June 24th Supreme Court ruling nullifying Roe v Wade should not be viewed as an isolated event in America's cultural wars but instead as the result of a fifty-year conservative strategy to supplant...
View ArticleBefore Frederick Douglass became Lincoln's thorn and partner, he ripped the...
Versions of this essay have appeared previously at Daily Kos. It concludes with excerpts from Frederick Douglass’ famous Independence Day speech delivered in Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852. We do...
View ArticleVA Gov. Youngkin (R) Appointee - "Secession Was NOT Treason," Lincoln Broke...
Cross-posted from Blue Virginia articles Audio: Gov. Youngkin’s New Appointee to the VA Board of Historic Resources Says Robert E. Lee Was a “Morally Fine Human Being”; “Secession Was NOT Treason”; the...
View ArticleMy open letter to Merrick Garland
Dear Attorney General Merrick Garland,I am writing you for the second time regarding the crimes of Donald J. Trump and his cohort/s. I fear for our democracy if Trump is not indicted for his attempt/s...
View ArticleWillful blindness
I could write a long piece summarizing the January 6 committee hearing last night (7-21-22) but I won’t. Instead I’ll just make a short comment about something that has struck me during the...
View ArticleCNN reports: Republicans are creating a de facto country within a country....
Ht tip to Tim Russ for tweeting about this CNN story:Red states are building a nation within a nationThink of it as a determined effort to roll back the power of the Federal Government and Balkanize...
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