Another Reason Why Gun Control Doesn't Go Far Enough
Many Americans don't realize that substantial gun control legislation is already on the books. If one observed the arguments and counter-arguments currently raging, one might think this country has...
View ArticleBernie says: Vote Hillary not Third Party
Bernie warns that “protest” votes could contribute to a Trump victory, and asks his supporters to vote for Hillary and notfor Third Party candidates.A CBS poll shows that 1/3 of voters under 30 plan to...
View ArticleBack to The Future
Listening to Hillary Clinton and President Obama implore us to give Trump a chance, I couldn’t help but be a bit nostalgic for the 60's, and the peace and love crowd of that day. Contrasting with...
View ArticleTrump is Nixon
Trump and Nixon have a lot in common. Both are thin-skinned egomaniacs with an enemies list. Both were routinely underestimated by their foes on the left. Both have a rather unappealing personality...
View ArticleWe Just Replayed 1968: Will We Replay 1972, Too?
A well-known politician emerges out of the shadow of eight years of Democratic rule, hoping to secure another term in the White House for the party. Has well-respected Senate experience, understands...
View ArticleFeels like 1968
Who can forget Spiro Agnew’s way with words?There are people in our society who should be separated and discarded.Some newspapers dispose of their garbage by printing it.Confronted with the choice, the...
View Articlesome historical context to Russian interference with our election
written from memory, so please excuse any slight inaccuracies.This is not the first time that the results of an election might have been changed had the administration in power disclosed to the...
View ArticleRESISTANCE AND RESISTANTS
‘…what rough beast, its hour come round at last,Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?’Yeats | The Second Coming | 1919Utah Phillips, the grand old activist and storyteller/satirist/songwriter, once...
View ArticleIt took 50 years to confirm 1968 was stolen. It took 243 days to confirm 2016...
The New York Times, December 31, 2016:During a phone call on the night of Oct. 22, 1968, Richard M. Nixon told his closest aide (and future chief of staff) H.R. Haldeman to "monkey wrench" President...
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Exxon wasn't alone - US Electric Utilities studied Climate Change in 1970s...
It turns out far more of the US corporate leadership elite were complicit in the deliberate obfuscation of climate science than just the management at the oil giant Exxon. Study: Utilities knew about...
View ArticleWhy the Republicans support white nationalism
In this image, we can see the results of the 1968 presidential election. We can see that the majority of states, red here, voted for Republican Nixon. We can see a few states, mainly in the northeast,...
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Virginia Congressional District Results, 1968; an Election Retrospective, Part 2
IntroductionAs the sixties marched onward, the Democratic hold on the south was weakening, on the federal level anyway. Most southern states continued to support conservative Democrats, but Virginia...
View Article50 Years Ago: Tet Offensive
I was 17 (18 in July) when the Tet Offensive occurred. I was already against the war in a teenage visceral sense then a political one. In months, I was heading into the convent — an order which, with...
View ArticlePoland experiencing growing wave of intolerance, xenophobia, and anti-Semitism
Since the controversial holocaust bill was signed into law earlier this year, there has been a vast increase in anti-Semitism in Poland.The law:….makes it illegal to accuse the Polish nation of...
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CUA Events: San Francisco—3/10; Twin Cities—3/17; Denver—3/31! How Do You...
A daily series, Connect! Unite! Act! seeks to create face-to-face networks in each congressional district. Groups regularly socialize but also get out the vote, support candidates and engage in other...
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Reflections on RFK: Tiny ripples of hope...
June 6, 1968, 1:44 AMHas anybody here seen my old friend Bobby,Can you tell me where he's gone?I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hillWith Abraham, Martin and John.Songwriters: Richard...
View Article#Resistance @TheVillage 6/5/18; Remembering Sen. Robert F Kennedy on...
"Some men see things as they are and say, Why? I dream things that never were and say, Why not?"Fifty years ago today I was awakened when my oldest brother came charging into the bedroom my sister and...
View ArticleFifty years after his death, lessons from Bobby Kennedy for Democrats...
The year 1968 is largely noted as one that fundamentally changed America. A very unpopular war in Vietnam had escalated with no end in sight—dividing the country to the point that the sitting...
View ArticleMrs. Joanne Rogers reflects on why Mr. Rogers meant the world to us—and what...
Fred Rogers has been dead for 15 years, but the lessons that he taught multiple generations of children live on. Tackling hard issues in a way that children of all ages could understand. Mr. Rogers’...
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50 years ago, America's immigration laws were re-made. On June 30th, let's...
I’m an immigrant. I’ve lived on three continents, in several countries. I chose to make this one home.That choice was driven by what I believe makes this country special.Not perfect. Special, I...
View ArticleHistorian Richard Vinen Connects Our Agitated Era to ‘1968’
This story was written by Mark Dundas Wood for The Clyde Fitch Report. CFR produces and publishes opinion and reporting at the crossroads of arts and politics.We tend to think of late-1960s activism in...
View ArticleMy New Yorker article on the Beatles White Album 50th Anniversary editions
Memories of another turbulent year, half a century ago, and the teen idols turned global muses who rose to the occasion with their masterpiece “The Beatles” (the “White Album”). Please read my New...
View ArticleRereading Nixonland by Michael McCord
I first read Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland in late 2008 after the election of Barack Obama. I had covered Obama in New Hampshire and Iowa during the presidential primary circus of 2007 and he was a...
View ArticleWrestling Dreads, Context and Walls from Evil’s Grip before 2020
Until we stop fixating on how unprecedented our unpresidential president is, we’re more problem than solution:Approximately 14,600 unaccompanied Migrant Children in American custodyProduct labels:...
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The GOP war on itself and the USA for 150 years
The long GOP takeover battle by the fewConsider the history of Money and the Republican party. We can trace the struggle for control between the few and the rest of what became a conservative party for...
View ArticleI'm with Bernie Sanders, the "Lion-Hearted": Courageous, Consistent and...
Dear Citizens and Elected Officials:Like many others on the left, I wondered what a post-heart attack, stent implanted Bernie Sanders would look like when he took the stage on October 15 for the...
View Article2020 is not 1972
2020 is not 1972Recently, I’ve seen several comments on Daily Kos in which people expressed the fear that if Bernie Sanders were to become the 2020 Democratic nominee for president, the results of the...
View ArticleJune 1968
I’m sure there’s a fair number of you here who remember 1968 pretty vividly. Of course, some weren’t born yet, some were toddlers, and most of those a bit older still had no idea what was going on.But...
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Trump's cosplay fascism continues as Dems fight back, because #BunkerBoy's...
While national polling continues against Trump, trailing Biden by 17%, his frantic fascist cosplay is playing out in ways reminiscent of Nixon’s reaction to antiwar protests.President Trump came closer...
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A Moral and Progressive Movement, can it counter Fascism?
If we are to defeat fascism, we must understand what we are fighting. January 6th exceeds even Dec 7, 1941, 9/11/01 and the Oklahoma City bombing of the Federal Building in recent infamy. The forces of...
View Article"What's a Nobel Peace Prize?" 4/4/1968. A memoir....
"WHAT'S A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE?"That was the 1st question I asked, 53 years ago, when Bewitched was interrupted by a "Special Report".By the time I was 9, in the spring of 1968, the words"We interrupted...
View ArticleMusic of 1968: This time, let's look at the news, of 1968, then the music.
Alright, this week, as I was thinking of the year, 1968, I found myself thinking, “Seems like we had many big things happen, in the news, that year.”So, I looked it up:en.wikipedia.org/… January...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 3/7/2023: The Music of 8th Grade
Hasui Kawase: Shiba Zôjôji (1925)Good evening, Kibitzers!The other day, I happened to hear the song Love Is Blue. In 1968, I really liked that song, and apparently a lot of people in 1968 felt that...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 3/14/2023: The Music of 9th Grade
Theodor Severin Kittelsen: March (1890)Good evening, Kibitzers! Happy Pay Equity Day! Women on average earn 82% of what men earn annually, so this date represents the extra amount of time this...
View ArticleTrump and the Rich & Famous Are Above the Law! We Need to Grow Up and...
Not only is Trump and other rich bastards/bitches above the law - but we aren't created equal, either!Here's another fairy tale: The USA isn't the greatest country on earth unless you equate greatness...
View ArticleSenator Robert Kennedy's Epic Whistle Stop Tour Across Nebraska
Kennedy’s whistle stop tour was born out of a meeting in a Lincoln living room in March 1968 with Kennedy campaign manager Phil Sorenson and Mary Ann Strasheim (née Hanson) of North Platte. At the time...
View Article1968 Nebraska Primary: Eugene McCarthy’s Return And Temporary Exit
Eugene McCarthy flew directly to Grand Island from Indiana after he finished third in the May 7 primary behind Kennedy and Indiana Governor Roger Branigin, a favorite son candidate who was a stalking...
View ArticleWhen Senator Robert Kennedy Visited The Disabled
Kennedy traveled from Lincoln to Beatrice on May 10, 1968, to commence his whirlwind tour of southeast Nebraska. Interest was so high that two busloads full of national press members followed Kennedy’s...
View ArticleSenator Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Nebraska Democratic Primary
On May 12, 1968, historic McCook, Nebraska was the center of the American political universe. On this day, Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy both had campaign appearances in McCook. At the time,...
View ArticleWhen Senator Robert Kennedy Confronted A Gun Rights Activist
After his big win in Nebraska, Robert Kennedy’s campaign moved on to Oregon for a May 28 primary. The Beaver State was fallow ground for the New York Senator since the electorate largely consisted of...
View ArticleSenator Robert F. Kennedy And The 1968 California Primary
Robert Kennedy’s loss to Eugene McCarthy made the June 4 California primary must win for him. The California primary was especially significant because the state had a unique winner-take-all rule for...
View ArticleNew Book: Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Nebraska Primary
Another person and I have written a book on Robert Kennedy’s campaign in Nebraska in 1968. We believe that this fills in a real void in the history of Robert Kennedy’s campaign for president. There are...
View ArticleA transcript and some reasons why attempting to replace President Biden is a...
Lawrence O’Donnell gave us a couple of reasons why dumping President Biden now would be a terrible mistake if we want to win the 2024 presidential election. First, Lawrence points out that President...
View ArticleColumbia Students Barricade Office of Dean
April 24, 1968 (pdf) "300 Protesting Columbia Students Barricade Office of College Dean." I recall reading about this at the time, in high school. There was a lot going on in 1968. The Dems weren't...
View ArticlePro-Palestinian Protests are neither 1968 nor for Peace in Demands for...
Back to 1968?I’ve had enough. 2024 is not remotely or in any way analogous to 1968. Screams for intifada, of extreme violence to Jews and Israel with the dissolution of the state of Israel are not...
View Article"Waist Deep in the Big Muddy"
The title of this diary comes from a 1967 song by Pete Seeger (1919-2014) that was popular among the anti-Vietnam War protest movement of the 1960’s. It was deemed by many as symbolic of the US policy...
View ArticleMusic of 1968, Plus Instrumental Music
Okay, I am truly late to my own party.For a while now, I have been posting music diaries each Sunday.I try to post them at around noon.The time is now after 7:30 PM.Oh well, better late than never!One...
View ArticleLetting the Water Out of the Boat
By David Glenn CoxI am haunted by the ghosts of 1968. When Democrats had decided to have a knife fight over the nomination after the death of Robert Kennedy. Dividing the Party up and giving the White...
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Grainy night time violence 1968
I haven’t been around much since 2017. Actually, I only made one comment from 2017 to 2023. I went back to school, graduated with a degree in history, I was (and I guess still am) looking forward to...
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Lovely Rita - surviving the 1960s
A story written for a contest. It follows the rules of that submission. The story ends about the time of the 1968 Democratic Convention. I felt people would enjoy a short visit back to those turbulent...
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