Expecting Something Different from a President Trump
As the final minutes of 2016 tick down, I have some thoughts about the coming year. Foremost is the hope that Americans are not complacent in our outlook that everything is going to be okay under the Trump Administration. Our unity of purpose and survival as a nation of people who protect freedom and liberty for all citizens, work to expand equal rights and protection from discrimination, is at risk. It is at risk because those in power are now the wealthiest and most "conservative" group of leaders and appointees with agendas to dismantle so much of the progress we have achieved in expanded medical insurance and access to quality care, protection of the environment, scientific inquiry and research to benefit all mankind, defending the environment and seeking energy alternatives, defending equal rights and tolerance of minority rights and issues. The partisanship implicit in the plans to dismantle ACA, minimum wage, LBGT recognition, women's right to choose, limit a