Category Archives: Politics

Heartless Healthcare — GOP Ownership of Preventable Suffering

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

As President Trump meets today with GOP members of Congress to encourage backing of a proposed healthcare plan that will force millions of people to drop healthcare coverage, what other conclusion is there than that the U.S. has put the … Continue reading →

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Bringing An End to Some-People-Say News — No More Important Time Than Now!

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

I published the article below at Huffington Post in 2011 and several after it on the same subject — what I’m calling “some-people-say journalism.” As predicted in the article, over the last several years sloppy journalism using such phrases as … Continue reading →

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What About the Impugning of Women and Minorities?

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

I’m fighting and firing mad now!  Not allowing Senator Elizabeth Warren to read a highly relevant letter written by Coretta Scott King, long-time civil rights leader and wife of Martin Luther King Jr., about Trump’s pick for attorney general is … Continue reading →

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When a U.S. President Won’t Be Persuaded — What Then?

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

The first day of teaching graduate and undergraduate persuasion classes, I’ve always included a discussion of the primary enemy of effective persuasion — unexamined assumptions. We all base our views and most of our actions on assumptions. To be persuasive, … Continue reading →

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Hell Hath No Fury — This Time Let’s Make It Stick!

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

Was the Women’s March on Washington and around the world a one-day event — a one-time venting?  It looked to me more like the women’s protests of the 1960’s.  My irascible, tireless friend, mentor and fellow professor, Betty Friedan, would … Continue reading →

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As Women March Around the World — A Look Back and Forward

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

I wrote this article over a year ago and posted it also at Big Think. With women marching all over the world, and especially in Washington D.C., I thought it would be good to repost. It’s exciting to see women … Continue reading →

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Will Trump Bring His Businesses Back to the U.S.A.?

Posted on January 15, 2017 by admin

While it’s impossible to know exactly what Trump owns and who he owes, we do know that he is likely doing business in 25 countries.  He is either involved in building edifices, hotels and golf courses or licensing his name … Continue reading →

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Is the CIA “Politicized”? An Academic Addendum to Mike Pompeo’s Response

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

Even church choirs are political entities.  When human being come together to achieve a goal, political activity emerges.  Wherever there is competition of ideas and/or people, political behavior exists. So it should be no surprise if intelligence agencies are to … Continue reading →

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What Part of “This Inauguration Can’t Go Forward” Do We Not Understand?

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

President Obama in his Farewell Address yesterday asked that anyone not pleased with the outcome of elections do something about it.  Take some responsibility.  Even run for office.  Don’t keep quiet.  Otherwise, he implied, you’re part of the problem. On … Continue reading →

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Business Elites Get a Pass by the Press — While Meryl Streep is labeled a “Hollywood Elite”

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

Meryl Streep delivered an eloquent, brave, heartfelt speech at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony.  Here is an artist and businesswoman we can all admire.  Yet Donald Trump attempted to belittle her accomplishments by referring to her — of all people … Continue reading →

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