by Laurie A. Watkins | Sep 6, 2020 | Political
Election Day in the United States has taken place on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November since 1845. The history of this is mainly to benefit farmers, a previously large population of voters. Since they were unable to travel to polling places during...
by Laurie A. Watkins | Aug 28, 2020 | Political
The 2020 Democratic National Convention was held virtually last week due to ongoing concerns with the Coronavirus pandemic. The range of speakers was impeccable: real people talking about their lives, republicans, independents, a former first lady, relatives of...
by Laurie A. Watkins | Aug 20, 2020 | De-Stress, Political
The global pandemic has accelerated the severity of already problematic finances at the USPS. Having the right to an inexpensive, public postal service in the US goes back further than most amendments in the Bill of Rights. The postal service can reach all 150...
by Laurie A. Watkins | Aug 13, 2020 | Political
What an exciting week! Kamala Harris FOR THE WIN! Very few things will get me up and dancing and posting about it on my Instagram, but this was one of those things! I was thinking all week about Kamala and the other female potential nominees as I prepared for my TV...
by Laurie A. Watkins | Aug 3, 2020 | Political, Travel
If you’ve used social media, even casually, over the last couple weeks, you have likely seen a whole lot of women having opinions. Between a social media “challenge” that turned out to have much deeper meaning, a lack of access to birth control from employers, and...
by Laurie A. Watkins | Jul 23, 2020 | Political
If you have a friend on Facebook that frequently declares, “why can’t we all just get along?” or “I’m staying out of politics,” their privilege is showing. Maybe, just maybe, this person truly does not care who runs our country and how they do it. Or, perhaps, they...