Offering Hope in Reentry

The American criminal justice system holds almost 2.3 million people in 1,833state prisons, 110federal prisons, 1,772 juvenile correctional facilities, 3,134 local jails, 218immigration detention facilities, and 80 Indian Country jails as well as in military prisons, civil commitment centers, state psychiatric hospitals, and prisons in the U.S. territories. But people go to jail 10.6 million times each … More Offering Hope in Reentry

Pro-Life News Updates (Various Sources)

SIGN THE National Petition to Defund Planned Parenthood SIGN HERE FYI: Where Does Joe Biden Stand on Abortion?  Pro-lifers look to new legislators Trump Made Foster Children a Priority. That Shouldn’t Change Under Biden. Annual March For Life Canceled In Person, But It’s Only Partly Due To Coronavirus Annual March for Life Will Be Held Virtually, … More Pro-Life News Updates (Various Sources)

‘Live Together as Brothers — or Perish as Fools’

‘Live Together as Brothers — or Perish as Fools’ He only flew to Seattle once. It was early November of 1961 — two years before the young civil rights leader would give one of the most famous speeches in history. At just 32, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. hadn’t won his Nobel prize or written … More ‘Live Together as Brothers — or Perish as Fools’

America’s Double Standard

CNN’s Jake Tapper questioned my commitment to Democracy. I lost two legs for Jake’s right to say whatever the hell he wants, but let’s be clear: that free speech also protects the Republicans he is so eager to condemn for asking Constitutional questions about the election. Watch it here:  

Civility is the keystone of this Replubic

This is the kind of cooperation and civility that I remember from our rightly ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES when I was young. Not the bitterness and infighting of today.  Pa. state reps reach across the aisle to promote civility; the keystone of democracy As a Democratic state representative from Philadelphia and a Republican state representative from Cumberland … More Civility is the keystone of this Replubic