Don’t look at the news today,
don’t read it
Stay away from Twitter and Facebook
Close your ears
I have seen it and it is
too terrible to bear
Don’t look at the news
Let one of us remain
Untouched by this latest horror
if only for today
News Day
Stand Up Against Hatred Now
Thursday night, I saw the first news reports from New Zealand. Another terrorist attack on a mosque, then on two mosques. “Dozens” dead, then 49, now 50. Denunciations of the terrorism by government officials, the hunt for the shooter or shooters, the arrest, the manifesto, grief, rage, numbness. The terrorist who killed 50 people at […]
Mythical Good Republicans
When our daughter was growing up, in the age of Newt Gingrich, her father and I tried to explain that he was an aberration, that back in the day, Republicans and Democrats usually disagreed but often found ways to work together. We told her that many Republicans cared about the good of the country, that […]
‘America First’ is America Betrayed
[CORRECTION 11/23/2018*] The president says America will make $110 billion dollars selling arms to Saudi Arabia, so he will overlook the torture and dismemberment of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi on the orders of the Saudi government. The president says this is putting America First. He lies on both counts. The first lie is that […]
Vote as if
Vote as if: You believe we can build a better world together.
Vote on Tuesday—Here’s my two cents worth
Someone I don’t even know emailed me this week to ask for my voting recommendations. Usually, I get a couple of family and friend calls on Election Day, but this is a first for me. So, here are my voting recommendations. A lot of my information comes from Naomi Kritzer, a writer who does […]
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Mary Turck
- Mary Turck is a writer, editor, and blogger. She is also the former editor of theTC Daily Planet and of the award-winning Connection to the Americas and AMERICAS.ORG and a recovering attorney.
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