March 21, 2020 by Mickey Friedman There’s voter suppression. But no one suppressed my vote. Instead, the gracious women at Great Barrington Town Hall made it an absolute pleasure to vote early. Then rewarded me with a sticker. But my…
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We Cannot Walk Alone
March 16, 2020 By Mickey Friedman When I was much younger I mistook inspiration for some mysterious surge of enthusiasm. Because I didn’t understand, I took it for granted. Yes, I felt moved enough to transcend my significant shyness to…
When Lies Turn Lethal
Mickey Friedman August 5, 2019 You can spend your days and nights responding to lies. Rep. Ilhan Omar expresses concern about Republican attempts to end a refugee resettlement program: “the only leverage you have is that you are part of…
Camps of Cruelty
July 4, 2019 By Mickey Friedman Had Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used words other than “concentration camps” to describe immigrant detention centers would the hypocritical Republicans have stopped dead in their tracks and said: “Oh my God! Children in cages is a…
Sorry, England. Sorry, France.
By Mickey Friedman June 24, 2019 My invitation to see the Queen must have gotten lost in the mail. Believe me, I’ve been checking. Somehow it made it to the White House. Capitol One sends me an invitation every few…
We’re Full
Mickey Friedman April 29, 2019 To the surprise of many in Wyoming and Utah, where you can see for miles and never catch a glimpse of another, the President announced the country is full. Taking credit for renovating part of…
The Beast Has Risen
By Mickey Friedman November 18, 2018 These last few weeks have brought it all back. The President’s mockery of low-I.Q. Maxine Waters, his constant lies about the “evil” and “bad’ Democrats, his and FOX-not-really-the-news demonization of the poor men, women…
Warzones
By Mickey Friedman June 16, 2018 Once it was fairly easy for white people. The native-Americans were forced to ever-dwindling, degrading reservations. Our foreign enemies were oceans away. The folks to fear were the blacks, but they were outnumbered and…
Oligarchs
By Mickey Friedman June 5, 2018 The obvious is often missed. Until it rises up and comes crashing down upon us. So much TV talk about the great mystery. Why are there Russians everywhere you look in Trumpovia? The former…
When Right Makes Wrong
April 6, 2018 By Mickey Friedman And so at the end of the day it’s been The Right not The Left that has smashed the myth of America to smithereens. A long time ago, in the midst of the War…
Taking The Knee
By Mickey Friedman October 16, 2017 My journey to rediscover the history, heart and soul of the Co-operative Movement led me back to native son, W. E. B. Du Bois. And how appropriate, because few can shed greater insight into…
The Trump Test
By Mickey Friedman December 29, 2016 Bewail and bemoan. Because you are more virtuous than those, insert here whatever variation of deplorable you prefer, who voted for that … With their explosions of righteous indignation, you’d imagine these vociferous critics…