Happy Veterans Day to all those who fight for our individual rights and freedom. Even though I may not always agree with the political agenda that drives the military, in America and abroad, I do honor the men and women who risk their lives fighting to protect the lives of others. My hope is that…
Tag: Donald Trump
Political Censorship
Starting with control over the private sector is only the start for the erosion of America’s Freedom of Speech protections.
RECIDIVISM IN AMERICA by Wayne T. Dowdy
(“Like” this blog and sign on at straightfromthepen.wordpress.com to receive future postings. Reprint rights granted.) January 11, 2017: Three men sat at a corner table in the prison “Chow Hall”; each with a hamburger, a few strands of lettuce leafs, a thin slice of tomato, and “Smiley Faces” (fried, round pieces of oil-saturated, potatoes, with…
POLITICS & PRISONS
Half of the cellblocks at this institution cannot watch television coverage of the elections because some prisoners had the nerve to violate the rules by having contraband in their cells. Imagine that, prisoners who break the rules!