Do you think the House of Representatives should be meeting in person in the Capitol during the COViD-19 quarantine? That is the question I deal with this week in two separate articles featured in this newsletter. It was through the comments on my Common Sense Civics and Citizenship Facebook page, that discovered some brilliant responses […]
Controversy and Clarification
Do you believe that Congressmen should be in the Capitol at work, same as Americans who are first responders, hospital workers, police, military, truckers, and employees who are making masks, ventilators, and PPE equipment? I address this issue on my Common Sense Civics and Citizenship page and website (civicsandcitizenship.org) in an article entitled, “Details, Details..” […]
Details, Details
Details, details… They matter. Perhaps you might be interested in some questions raised and conversations I’ve had this week Ready? Here we go.. 1) Why isn’t the U.S. House of Representatives meeting in person? Did you know that the House of Representatives has an in-House doctor? (I did not know this). The doctor and the […]
How Long?
How long should we let the economy suffer in order to protect ourselves? Have we been in quarantine long enough? How much time is sufficient? Let’s start with the presupposition that the economy is suffering. The U.S. shut down its economy with stay -at -home orders to protect health workers and hospitals from overflow. That […]
America Needs Us
America Needs Us. Since we lost our jobs by no fault of our own through a national emergency, we were compensated by the government. They deposited money in many of our accounts. Please understand. The government has no money of its own. It’s your money and mine that they have. The government doesn’t sell a […]
Is This What Tyranny Looks Like?
Is This What Tyranny Looks Like? I put my face mask on and went to a small corner grocery store this morning. The story I heard of how Utah is enforcing its borders against other Americans got me thinking. The power grab is real. Once states usurp power, they rarely, if ever, give it back […]