Category Archives: Politics

Repeating Today’s Big Lie,
or Defending Sessions’ and Trump’s Policy Separating Families

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Galen

This week’s uproar on separating children from their asylum-seeking parents unpleasantly confirms how far apart on basic morality we are in this country. To me, my Trump-approving friends ignore the imperative of the urgent human needs of the asylum seekers … Continue reading →

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Why I Had to March in Pride this Year: #SFPrideResist

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Galen

I marched in the Pride Parade this week for the first time in many, many years. I needed to. Recent Pride festivals have been all celebration and parties. Great fun! And, a real spectacle for the just-arrived refugees and asylum … Continue reading →

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The Trump Revolution I Worry About Most , Part II

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Galen

Revolutions are caused by frustrated expectations.  Not by grinding poverty or by evil oppression. Historically, people revolt and riot when their expectations are raised and reality doesn’t match what they expect. So, I worry about the United States in the … Continue reading →

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The Trump Revolution I Worry About Most , Part I

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Galen

Revolutions are caused by frustrated expectations.  Not by grinding poverty or by evil oppression. Historically, people revolt and riot when their expectations are raised and reality doesn’t match what they expect. So, I worry about the United States in the … Continue reading →

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The Inauguration Playlist

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Galen

When President Trump is inaugurated we will need appropriate music to mark the occasion. Considering the playlist for the day took me back to the rage, resistance, and riots in the 1960’s and 70’s.  At that time the government routinely took … Continue reading →

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