Month: June 2020

“The power of the mighty industrial overlords of the country had increased with giant strides, while the method of controlling them . . . remained archaic . . .”

Presidents Roosevelt and Taft – both Republicans – worked “as stewards of the public welfare” to check the power of huge corporations by supporting anti-trust legislation.  These two men were both willing to argue with members of their own party about the role of government in controlling companies that abused … Read More

“This was when I was sailing close to the shore of my life. That boat capsized, thank my lucky stars…”

Poet Marjorie Saiser continues “…and since then I’ve been bobbing in the deep, splashing, coughing, water in my throat at times, learning to swim.”  What would you pick for a title of a poem about that describes a wedding day and then the fact that everything changed when the “boat … Read More