My poem draws from the vision and promise of our nation’s Declaration of Independence in contrast with the vision and threat presented by proposed total bans on abortion. – Mary Susan Gast UNCERTAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS Inalienable rights Endowed by our Creator Inalienable rights Inalienable—can’t be gotten rid of Absolute Sacrosanct Unassailable Life Liberty Pursuit of … Continue reading Benicia Poet Laureate Mary Susan Gast: Uncertain Inalienable Rights→
By Roger Straw, June 24, 2022 The nation I used to love Has gone mad. I’m living in a deadly spin, A near-divorce state, A whirlpool of Trumpian loathing And marching orders of Supremes That would take us back to the glory days Of patriarchal authority And martial powers Of guns and guns and guns… … Continue reading The Nation I Used to Love→
By Roger Straw, June 19, 2022 I don’t know…. I got soooo tired of the Donald show every morning for four-plus years. I was sick of being sickened. Maybe I still am, and especially now that the January 6 Commission is filling our heads with the inside scoop on Tyrant Trump and his treasonous enablers. … Continue reading January 6 Hearings – in our newspaper comics and Jimmy Kimmel’s take→
‘BenIndy’ will return to more frequent focus on issues other than COVID-19 The Benicia Independent, by Roger Straw, May 25, 2022 Friends, family and neighbors near and far – it’s been a looong and sometimes lonely road here at the wheel, driving and maintaining the clean-energy vehicle known as the Benicia Independent. Now, having passed … Continue reading Benicia Independent announces new directions→
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