Here’s my birthday message to my country, on a sandwich board with which I will show up at the local 4th of July gathering in my community of El Cerrito, California. It’s fascinating to watch and sense the pulse of country as this 250th 4th of July finally arrives for us Americans. While the anti-democratic […]
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The Glorious “Rise Up Sing Out” June 14, 2026 Concert
I was dreading the prospect of this year’s June 14 - U.S. Flag Day - being defined by the undignified “bread and circuses” spectacle of an autocratic U.S. President and his sycophants marking his 80th birthday by watching brute force gladiatorial cage fights on the South Lawn of the White House. Also, as the 4th of July the 250th […]
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Something happened at the start of 2026 — the 250th anniversary year of our country at a time when we are disunited and dispirited as rampant authoritarianism threatens our democracy and the world order. In Minneapolis, ICE’s Operation Metro Surge had been going on since early December, with 3000 ICE and Customs and Border Protection […]
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