About a week ago, I saw an immature bald eagle. (They lack the distinctive white head until they are at least in their third year.) I even got a photo of it with a crow sitting about a foot away from… (View Post)

My first election was the 1948 presidential election: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election I was five at the time, my father was working at a precinct, and my mother… (View Post)

Off topic, but I like to share good news: "In a rare joint statement, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday demanded the… (View Post)

I hesitate to mention this, given the high emotions on the subject, but when I was a kid, if you said someone was trying to "pass", you usually meant a light-skinned black person was trying… (View Post)

Judging by his recent actions, California Governor Gavin Newsom is running for something. (He's been campaigning in Mississippi and, more recently, in Florida.) And he's been claiming, with… (View Post)