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Retired labor union official, newspaper editor/reporter, and community worker. Also community activist.

Month: December 2016

  • Time to be scared? Let’s hope not

      I am as scared today for the future of humankind as I have ever been in my 87 years. Mind you, I’m not personally scared; I’ve far too few years left for that. My fright, of course, is for our children, grandchildren and the generations to follow. In three weeks, President-elect Donald Trump will…

  • A date which will live in infamy

    Seventy-five years ago – Dec. 7, 1941 – was in the words of President Franklin D. Roosevelt “a date which will live in infamy,” so named because of the sneak attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor.  Most Americans may know the day from the history books as the historical event that prompted the President…