Collecting My Thoughts

The misnamed "Equality Act" is coming THIS WEEK in a vote in the House of Representatives. What you need to know when you call you...

Nearly 60 years ago, we had real bi-partisanship. 40% of the House Democrats VOTED AGAINST the Civil Rights Act of 1964, while 80% of Republ...

The longest filibuster was the Democrats fighting the Civil Rights Act in 1964, 60 days. "Fact checkers," always on the side of th...

As we are all distracted by marches, rioting and tearing down statues of emancipators and liberators, you should track down and object to th...

Trump has come out with the classic conservative line—"It’s up to the states to decide (bathroom policies)." And his followers a...

Although there are black Republicans, Libertarians and black Tea Party members, until the mid 1930s with the 1936 re-election of Franklin Ro...

LBJ was one of the best and cagiest politicians and presidents America has ever known.  He was a consistent racist and fought Civil Rights l...

After they took control of the Presidency (Grover Cleveland) and Congress in 1892, Democrats had complete control of the government for the ...

During his time in both the House and the Senate, Everett Dirksen had built a solid record in support of civil rights, having introduced a b...

Rand Paul's comments about the 1964 Civil Rights Act show his inexperience with the press. Barack Obama in his early years, and even in ...