Book Review: Fire and Fury
It’s the civics lesson we all should have gotten in school. Nobody would allow these White House officials with their potty mouths to join their children for dinner. I had […]
Tag Archives: Politics
Trump Rally: Why Everett?
Donald Trump came back to the site of one of his granddaddy Friedrich’s first “hotels” yesterday for a rally at Comcast arena in Everett, Washington. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay […]
One Billion Rising for Justice: Corporate Logos for Legislators
The town where I live was named by Money magazine as one of the best places to live in America. Apparently, the citizens don’t agree. They voted to boot out […]
Don’t Bitch to Me About ObamaCares
A person making two and a half times more than I receive on Social Security pays less per year for medical coverage under ObamaCares than I have paid since I […]
Sandy v. NASCAR: Callous Indifference, Entitlements & Toxic Politics
Many survivors of domestic violence are intimately familiar with the sting of callous indifference and with feeling like an expendable pawn in high-stakes games. The Republicans have whined for months […]
Anti-Bullying Lessons from the Fiscal Cliff
We the People took our country back on election night, and the Democrats discovered they have a pair [of balls] after all. Over the New Year’s holiday, they out-Republicaned the […]
Karmic Lessons: Droughts and Hurricanes
The Universe has a way of bringing Karmic lessons to our front door until we surrender to wisdom and change our ways. All summer long folks in the red states […]
It’s October and There’s Another DV-Related Mass Murder at a Salon: Why Politics Matter
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) has issued the obligatory press release in the wake of the DV-related mass shooting and fire at the Azana Salon and Spa in Brookfield, Wisconsin. But, where the […]
Endorsement: Jay Inslee for Washington State Governor
My choice for governor was far from easy. Attorney General Rob McKenna has been a staunch supporter of DV survivors, and I had fully intended to enthusiastically support his candidacy for […]
If You Can’t Run a Campaign, Can You Run the White House?
For sixty years of my life, I have volunteered on political campaigns. I was just three years old when I first rang a doorbell for the late, great Sen. Paul […]
Anne Caroline Drake 