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Tag Archives: moral compass
Letter to Mitt Romney
Dear Senator Romney, Thank you. Thank you for taking a moral stand and voting to convict Donald Trump in the impeachment trial. Because it was clear he would be acquitted, it would have been easy to fall in line with … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, conscience, Constitution, Donald Trump, evidence, Graham, impeachment, loyalty, McConnell, minions, Mitt Romney, moral compass, moral courage, moral stand, morals, oath, party, politis, power, Republican, Senator Romney
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Yes, This Is Who We Are
Aside from the ubiquitous thoughts and prayers, the refusal to consider any kind of gun control at all because it’s always too soon to talk about it, and the flags once again lowered to half-staff, there is another thing … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, American, anti-Semite, assassinations, Aurora, bombs, bridge, Christians, cisgender, Columbine, common ground, common sense gun laws, compassion, conscience, covert wars, death, disease, doctors, earth, empathy, enslaved, first responders, flags, forgiveness, Fort Hood, gays, genocide, gun control, half-staff, hate, history, Holocaust, Hondurans, immigrants, imprisonment, indigenous peoples, Ireland, Jews, Las Vegas, life savers, love, mass shooting, melting pot, men, Mexico, ministers, moral compass, murders, Muslims, nation, Native people, nurses, Oak Creek, pacifists, peacemakers, people of color, poor, potato famine, priests, privilege, promised land, Pulse Orlando, rabbis, random killings, republic, right-wing fanatic, Sandy Hook, shame, society, souls, starvation, Stoneman Douglas, straights, synagogue, The Tree of Life, thoughts and prayers, trans, Virginia Tech, volunteers, war, white people, white supremacist, women, worshippers
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To Mom on Your 90th Birthday
You were born in 1925. February 19, 1925 and you came into this world as the youngest of nine children. And now, it is 2015. It is nine decades later. It is ninety years later and you are still smiling and … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Cold War, compassion, empathy, generosity, Great Depression, Happy Birthday, Iraq, justice, Korea, laugh, laughter, love, Mom, moral compass, mother, ninety years, smile, Vietnam, World War II
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Letter on Torture to My Congressional Representatives
This letter was written and sent on Friday to my Senators, Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson, and to my Congressional Representative, Mark Pocan. 12/12/14 As an American citizen I am appalled by the recent release of the Senate’s report on … Continue reading
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Tagged Cabinet, CIA, Dick Cheney, enemy combatants, enhanced interrogation techniques, George Bush, government, human rights, intelligence, international agreements, Mark Pocan, military, moral compass, oppression, Orwellian, plausible deniability, reparations, Ron Johnson, Senate, state-sponsored terrorism, Tammy Baldwin, torture, transparency, United States, war crimes, war tribunals, White House
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A Single Bluebird 