By Relying On Unsustainable Measures, We Ignored Both History And Reality In The World’s Most Vulnerable Nation People bury the bodies of victims who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, April 16, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui In June, 1918, in a crowded apartmentContinueContinue reading “How The World Failed India”
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The Academy Rarely Rewards An Actor Who Has Died
Producers Bet On A Chadwick Boseman Win, And Were Left With Egg On Their Faces I admit there were only two reasons I sat through the #Oscars last weekend. One was to see if Chloe Zhao would become only the second woman to win a Best Director Oscar, which she did, and the second, toContinueContinue reading “The Academy Rarely Rewards An Actor Who Has Died”
The Royal Family Never Misses An Opportunity To Miss An Opportunity
The Windsors Have The Ability And Resources To Adapt To The Modern World, They Just Keeps Refusing To Use Them What is wrong with the people who live in this building? It all stems from The Abdication. When news over the rift between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the Royal Family shifted ourContinueContinue reading “The Royal Family Never Misses An Opportunity To Miss An Opportunity”
Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Help To Build Our Nation
As A ‘Crisis’ Builds On The Border, Let’s Not Forget A Similar Crisis Is Why We Get To Call America Home Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Immigrant children at Ellis Island in 1908. (National Archives) This week, while you are scarfing down corned beef and cabbage and scoffing at child migrants at the border, remember AnnieContinueContinue reading “Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Help To Build Our Nation”
The “U Mad Bro?” Conundrum
How Can We Hold Accountable Those Who Lack Shame? How do you hold shit-stirrers like former President Donald Trump, left to right, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Sen. Josh Hawley accountable when they only ever ran for elective office to be trolls? I’ve talked about my childhood experiences with bullies pretty often on this blog;ContinueContinue reading “The “U Mad Bro?” Conundrum”
Nothing About The Public’s Response To The Pandemic Is Surprising
Americans Rarely Dabble In Collectivism. That They Would Do It This Drastically For This Long Was Always A Delusion Crowds pack streets in Tampa, Florida ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl, featuring the hometown Buccaneers, the first time a team played in and won a Super Bowl game in their home stadium. (Photo Courtesy YouTube/Tampa BayContinueContinue reading “Nothing About The Public’s Response To The Pandemic Is Surprising”
My Unpopular Opinion: Social Distancing Contributed To The Capitol
COVID Restrictions Nearly Led Me Down A Dark Path, How Many Others Got Caught In That Trap? Trump supporters storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 Photo by Blink O’Fanaye/Flickr Back in August, I published my most popular blog entry on here, about how I nearly got sucked into the QAnon wormhole that clearly millions ofContinueContinue reading “My Unpopular Opinion: Social Distancing Contributed To The Capitol”
A Nation Is Liberated From It’s Tormentor. Now What?
He Can’t Hurt Us Anymore, But The Trauma Will Last For A Long Time. Let’s Do Something Good With It He’s gone. He can’t hurt us anymore. Donald Trump is no longer the President of the United States. He is permanently banned from Twitter. He no longer has any power to yield over those heContinueContinue reading “A Nation Is Liberated From It’s Tormentor. Now What?”
I Am Worried About And Scared For Los Angeles
The COVID Disaster Out West Triggered My Pandemic PTSD, And I’ve Lost Trust In The Experts I haven’t slept right since Christmas. I’ve been waking up at odd hours of the night, having nightmares and feeling scared and vulnerable. It feels like March and April again, even though the situation in New York City isContinueContinue reading “I Am Worried About And Scared For Los Angeles”
White Privilege Nearly Toppled The United States Government
No One Except A White-Dominated, Conservative-Aligned Movement Could’ve Gotten This Far I know what you’re probably thinking. You probably had an Andrew Sullivan-type reaction to this headline; an eye-roll; a grunt; a “why does everything have to be about race?” I’m sure you have some reaction in there about how “wokeness” is the problem andContinueContinue reading “White Privilege Nearly Toppled The United States Government”
Nick Rafter Writes 