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Land of the Free For Who?
Legislatively Speaking GOP Legislators Ignore Rights of Others As we close out Black History Month, it is disheartening to think of how many of the old racial fights remain or…
Prison Sentences Don’t Equal Death Sentences
Legislatively Speaking Bill on COVID-19 Shortsighted I am going to say something that is likely unpopular, but here it goes. Incarcerated people are still people. While some inmates have committed…
A Task Force That Was Never Up to the Task
Legislatively Speaking GOP Emails on Racial Disparities Group No Real Surprise We’ve all seen the gag before. In Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts” comic strip and animated television specials, good old Charlie…
Real Profiles In Courage
Legislatively Speaking The new year is off and running. While we are presented with an opportunity to do things differently, like stick to a weight loss plan, get our finances…
The Real Work Begins
Legislatively Speaking Biden Election Only the First Step The inauguration of the 46th President of the United States was unlike any we have ever seen. It was historic, defiant, norm-busting…
A Day of Reckoning
Legislatively Speaking We’ve Been Warned and Yet We Keep Making the Same Mistakes As we near the national observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s holiday, we realize that…
Capitol Chaos: A Tale of Two Americas
Legislatively Speaking The comparisons were immediate. If these were Black people, they would have been arrested. If these were Black people, they would have been beaten and shot. If these…
A Year for the Books
Legislatively Speaking An Unprecedented Failure of Leadership To say that this year has been “one for the history books” is likely the understatement of the year! No matter your political…
Whether The Table or The Lab: We Need A Seat
Legislatively Speaking It’s finally happening. After nine grueling months, more than 17 million positive cases, and over 300,000 deaths, we have something in our arsenal to help us fight COVID-19.…
Backbones: Wanted and For Sale
Legislatively Speaking 17 States Republican Attorney Generals In Search of a Spine OMG!!!! Can I start a column like that? If I could scream and know that you could hear…