‘Commentary’ Archives
Frank Reflections: “WE are ONE; but where”'s the grief?”
by Frank Erickson There is a lot of pressure and expectations put on us when a police officer is killed in the line of duty”¦yet no pressure or expectations puton us when a civilian in Iraq, Gaza, Israel, or Afganistan is killed. This is based on team membership and police officers are the most important members of “our” team; they are the glue that holds it all together, we better be grateful. He police protect me from the very things that have made me, a white male, such a wealthy man””encroachment, theft, and murder. That which was done to Native Americans. These past crimes committed against Native Americans is what gives me everything I have, including the food I ned everyday to nourish myself. And now in the present, members of my team protect me from anyone encroaching upon, stealing from, or murdering me. (more…)
COMMENTARY Obama Can”'t Do it Alone: Your Vote is Important This November
By Donna Pususta Neste I remember the fall of 2008 when I got in the longest line to vote that I had ever seen in Phillips Neighborhood. Everyone was excited. We all knew that the whole country was sick of Bush and the Republicans. Obama won by a landslide and for the first two years of his presidency much was accomplished. However, the Republicans had taken back the House of Representatives in the following mid-term election and because of some very creative gerrymandering, they have owned it ever since. Since 2010 their strategy has been to block everything that benefits those who are struggling to get by, which is most of Phillips Neighborhood. President Obama and the Democrats have introduced bill after bill over the past six years that, if passed, would have put our nation squarely back on its feet again, but nothing moved in Washington because Congress refused to budge. If you are eligible to vote, please do. This up-coming election is as important as any presidential [...]
