Political Discourse 2020

I previously wrote on the importance of Angie Parkinson’s political values and the intensity to which she adheres to them. Based on her seven-year service on the town council, I respect her capacity to focus on the complex pragmatics of town-based governance matters while remaining grounded in her core political values as expressed in a variety of public forums. I appreciate the unique focus she brings as a high school social studies teacher and how her position has opened her students to the greater world around them. I admire her openness to all people and her grassroots approach to coalition building and campaigning. In living out the mantra of thinking globally while acting locally, Angie Parkinson would add a tremendous amount of positive value to the CT legislature as the next 10 th District Assembly Representative.     Angie’s underlying political passion is based on an inner drive to root out injustice on any level. This desire sparks her belief that in a country a...

Given the five-month war with Iran, the ICE invasions of U.S. cities, efforts by the Trump administration to fix the 2026 congressional elections, the skyrocketing of the prices of basic consumer goods, and the perpetual grifting of the Trump family—the Lincoln Memorial Pool Brouhaha should be one of our least concerns. As argued below, such is not the case. Let me explain.   In an effort to beautify Washington, D.C. according to the aesthetic tastes of Donald Trump, our beloved president decided to have The Lincoln Reflecting Pool floor painted “American flag blue.” The refurbishing of the pool was part of an architectural redesign meant to symbolize the president’s vision of turning the U.S. into a new “golden age,” in which, as Trump envisions it, the nation would become “hot” again. Based on the president’s prompting, in the desire to complete the project in time for the 4 th of July 250 th anniversary celebration, the selected no-bid contractor turned this into a rush job....

I previously wrote on the importance of Angie Parkinson’s political values and the intensity to which she adheres to them. Based on her seven-year service on the town council, I respect her capacity to focus on the complex pragmatics of town-based governance matters while remaining grounded in her core political values as expressed in a variety of public forums. I appreciate the unique focus she brings as a high school social studies teacher and how her position has opened her students to the greater world around them. I admire her openness to all people and her grassroots approach to coalition building and campaigning. In living out the mantra of thinking globally while acting locally, Angie Parkinson would add a tremendous amount of positive value to the CT legislature as the next 10 th District Assembly Representative.   Angie’s underlying political passion is based on an inner drive to root out injustice on any level. This desire sparks her belief that in a country as wealthy...