The Different Drummer
By Carl J. Petersen
Politics, Family, Music and other Musings. Let's Go 2021
It started out with a lot of promise, but 2021 was the year that could not stand on its own, always living in the shadow of its predecessor.
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Sibling Rivalries
There is no playing for fun. No matter how old my sister and I get, put us in front of an air hockey table and we are going to fight to win.
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Lauren Boebert Is The Symptom, Not The Disease
Censuring the freshman congresswoman won’t change the fact that the bigotry she espouses has deep support within the GOP.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) plays a horrific death threat she received following Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) recent Islamophobic attacks on her.
— The Recount (@therecount) November 30, 2021
Warning: It's incredibly graphic. pic.twitter.com/5PGODcaJOu
Thanks!
What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time we were on the precipice of a new surge and #Thanksgiving was a casualty. Thanks to vaccines and actual leadership in the White House, Thanksgiving returns. A look back:
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Another Crack In The Glass Ceiling
Kamala Harris becomes the first woman in American history to officially take the reigns of the presidency. What took so long?
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A Partisan Rorschach Test
A local story highlights the different realities experienced by both sides of the political divide. The unhoused are trapped in the truth.
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I Was Dreaming When I Wrote This...
A recurring nightmare has haunted my dreams for years. Has it finally been conquered?
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Photo by Egor Vikhrev on Unsplash
Redefining Reality
Democrats fail to find a way to counteract Trump’s constant torrent of lies and suffer humiliating election losses.
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Is This The New Normal?
Had we rallied as a country around the threat that COVID-19 presented, we could have put it quickly behind us. We didn’t and it continues on.
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Dear "Go,"
Trump lost his attempt at reelection almost a year ago but that has not stopped his appeals for more cash from his followers.
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