To My Friends and Family on Facebook, I’m closing my Facebook Accounts

My blogger-friend Rob Goldstein has closed his Facebook accounts, and I must admit that I am considering doing the same. To understand the reasons, please check out his very informative post about Facebook’s role in helping Russia to interfere in our sham of an election last year, thus leaving us in the mess we are in today. Thank you, Rob, for compiling this very helpful information, and for giving me permission to share your post.

Six Months in San Francisco and the Gettysburg Address

Blogger-friend Rob Goldstein, a talented and multi-faceted man, has given me permission to share this excellent piece about the evolution of our democracy. He has tied his words and pictures in a short video clip highlighting scenes from recent marches for our freedom. Please take just a few minutes to peruse this remarkable post … you will come away feeling a bit more hopeful … I did. Thank you, Rob, for this post and for permission to share!

Fear Itself

This evening, I share a post from Rob Goldstein. His is a thoughtful and thought-provoking article about the current state of our society here in the U.S., our history and that of other nations, and the things we need to understand in order to keep from making the same mistakes over and over again. He speaks of those things that are required in order to maintain a healthy democracy: placing an importance on human rights and freedoms, preventing the rich from using their power to rig the system, “putting patriotism ahead of pocketbooks”, and using the “gift of reason”. I find his message to be very timely, and I hope you will take a few minutes, not only to read his words, but to think about them. Thank you, Rob, for sharing these thoughts and for allowing me to share your post!