Another Turn of the 25th Amendment – And Still Not The Answer For Trump’s Mental Illness.

Mike Magee On May 16, 2017 New York Times conservative columnist, Russ Douthat, wrote “The 25th Amendment Solution for Removing Trump.” That column was the starting point for a Spring course I taught on the 25th Amendment at the President’s College in Hartford, CT. I will not summarize the entire course here, but would like […]

Courage Has A Face. Her Name Is Hadley.

Mike Magee “Don’t call me a saint,” said founder of the early 1930’s Catholic Workers Movement, Dorothy Day. “I don’t want to be dismissed that easily.” Oddly enough, says Jesuit writer, James Martin, “That quote is probably the biggest obstacle to her canonization…Given that quote, would Dorothy really want to be canonized?” Today’s election results […]

Coverture – The Word You May Not Know But Should.

Mike Magee All eyes were on Wisconsin – not last week, but in 1847. That’s when Wisconsin newspaperman and editor of the Racine Argus, Marshall Mason Strong, let loose in a speech on the disturbing trend to allow women the right to buy and sell property. It seems the state had caught the bug from […]

AMA/PhRMA v. Federalist Society – Let The Witch Trials Begin!

Mike Magee The law is a funny thing. When British settlers first arrived on our eastern shores in 1607, their clergy-led bosses struggled to establish the rules while “clinging precariously” to life itself. Where did the rules come from in the decades that followed? Some were derived from folk law. Others were indigenous (unique to […]

Missouri Plays Brass Knuckles With Women

Mike Magee A case has been made that a logical approach to reforming America’s violent and racist leanings would be to adopt the values and practices of Health Care for All. These include a commitment to compassion, understanding, and partnership; extending the linkages between individual, family, community and society; addressing fear and worry for individuals […]

2023: A Focus on Women’s Autonomy

Mike Magee Women’s bodily autonomy, post the Dobbs case, is up for grabs as the New Year begins. The collapse of Trumpers’ Red Wave in the 2022 Mid-term election proved that women don’t take kindly to being threatened or subjugated. But historians know that the insults women face today are deeply seated in our history […]

Trump “Compstockery” – Militarizing Our Post Office!

Mike Magee As we witnessed in last month’s Republication convention, when in doubt, go with the golden oldies. Australian songwriter Peter Allen said as much in the fourth stanza of his classic song, “Everything Old Is New Again”, which reads: “Don’t throw the past away You might need it some rainy day Dreams can come […]