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Memoir Monday: America is back
Memoir Monday: What We Hope on Election Day
We are States United, not states divided.
Memoir Monday: The True Voice of America
With friends like Michael Pack — and presidents like Trump — damaging our democracy from the inside, who needs enemies?
Memoir Monday: National Voter Registration Day!
If we ever had an election where it counted, it’s this one. It’s our Democratic responsibility.
Memoir Monday: Voter Fraud is a Hoax
My husband and I are voting by mailing in a paper ballot this year. We live in the President’s official county of residence, Palm Beach, the only place in the country, according to him, in which paper ballots will represent legitimate votes in November. The county is on the up and up, we agree. The…
Memoir Monday: Why We Must Support the US Postal Service
When my father was stationed at the American Embassy in Rome, our family mail came to us via the Army Post Office (APO), which routes US Postal Service mail to military bases and diplomatic missions around the globe. [A note here: the Defense Department says that the APO mail service is available to only US…
Editorial Cartoons Say it Best
These days, the editorial cartoons in The Palm Beach Post express the nation’s exasperation and exhaustion better than ever.
Civic Duty
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961 President Kennedy’s words nearly 60 years ago inspired a generation of Americans, who themselves were standing on the shoulders of the Greatest Generation, who came of age during the Great Depression…
Has America lost the trust of its allies?
In the view of European officials, the United States has gone from being an indispensable ally to an undependable one. All in less than four years under the Trump administration. The case in point is Trump’s decision to unilaterally withdraw troops from Germany as a result of Angela Merkel’s not agreeing to attend a Group…
Doing the Right Thing
The governor of my state of Florida, Ron DeSantis, is “counting on people to do the right thing” about social distancing and wearing masks to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus. In the next breath, he shrugs off the young crowds at the bars, saying “people are going to do what they’re going to do.”…