Benicia Poet Laureate Mary Susan Gast: Uncertain Inalienable Rights

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

The Nation I Used to Love

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

January 6 Hearings – in our newspaper comics and Jimmy Kimmel’s take

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

Benicia Independent announces new directions

‘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