Pursuit for Equality in a Democracy

  It’s been 48 months since you’ve been gone.   And your love for us goes on and on.      My heart still aches but it hurts less and less,   You always said, “This too shall pass.”     I try and bring your kindness and compassion,   To my children and their children with a humorous abandon.      I can still hear you playing the piano and making us all laugh.    During a Mel Brooks movie, Space Balls, I guess.      I still remember you holding me when I was ill as a child.    until I felt better and was able to go play with a smile.      So, tonight when I look up at the stars,   I’ll be sure to say, “Love you Dad. See you in my dreams.” 

  America has lost its shine, charisma, and personality. We are no longer the country that other nations are envious of. In fact, many tourists are spending their vacation dollars in other places because of the horrific fascist policies of the Trump Administration created primarily by the evil and sadistic mind of Stephen Miller.     Miller has created a cruel disappearing campaign targeting primarily the Hispanic population made possible through a decade of constant demeaning and dehumanizing rhetoric.   I lived in Sweden a quarter of a century ago and all my friends and business associates alike wanted to have conversations with me about America. They talked glowingly about the different cities and towns that they have visited when they visited the United States, the food they liked, the clubs that they danced in, etc. My Swedish friends would save their money for years just to go on a family vacation to Disney World or far off Hawaii. Now, they ask me “What has ha...