Connecting the Dots, Part 6…

Posted onJuly 14, 2017AuthorCassandra TroyLeave a comment

“Financial Armageddon.” The Washington Post says so. I just went back in time and checked, and I’m pretty sure this is what I’ve been saying for the last four and a half years, give or take a day or so. Don’t believe me? Here: December 13, 2012: Just when you thought you understood, someone explained Read More …

St. Elizabeth’s, Mental Illness, and Greed…

Posted onJuly 7, 2017July 7, 2017AuthorCassandra TroyLeave a comment

Okay, so when I have to sit in traffic forEVER going from work to home, or vice versa, I often have NPR on the radio, which means I’m generally listening to Morning Edition or All Things Considered.

Newsflash: What you think is wrong is just the tip of the iceberg…

Posted onJune 22, 2017AuthorCassandra TroyLeave a comment

This morning there were a raft of articles like these floating around my corner of the Internet.

Irony…

Posted onJune 15, 2017June 15, 2017AuthorCassandra TroyLeave a comment

Live by the… Good guy with a… It’s all silence until the shoe’s on the other foot. You know what I call that? Karma.

17 Months to the End of Democracy

Posted onJune 13, 2017June 13, 2017AuthorCassandra TroyLeave a comment

TL;DR: We’re screwed. Recent discussions on FB and Twitter led me to do the advance prep for the 2018 midterms. My take: It’s ugly.

The media is finally catching on…

Posted onJune 3, 2017June 13, 2017AuthorCassandra TroyLeave a comment

On Twitter there’s a flap going right now about whether the star of the new movie “Wonder Woman” is a Person of Color. The conversation is predictable.

Aftermath (Part 3): People will NOT SEE this coming…

Posted onMay 11, 2017June 13, 2017AuthorCassandra TroyLeave a comment

So, just last week, Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. Trump himself admitted it was because of Comey’s investigation into Russian interference during the 2016 US Presidential election.

God’s Will…

Posted onMay 10, 2017June 13, 2017AuthorCassandra TroyLeave a comment

On Wednesday, May 3rd, Jimmy Kimmel took an emotional departure from the usual glib banter of his opening monologue to describe the surrounding his new son’s birth.

A departure, in appreciation: Frank Deford

Posted onMay 3, 2017June 13, 2017AuthorCassandra TroyLeave a comment

In 1986, I moved into the Metro DC area. Eventually, my first boyfriend got me to listen to WAMU (mostly for Mary Cliff’s folk music show, Traditions. I started to use WAMU in the morning as my wake-up radio station, way back when Bob Edwards was still the host.

I was off by a month. My bad.

Posted onApril 7, 2017April 7, 2017AuthorCassandra TroyLeave a comment

When I started writing online, way back in 2004, my blogging was a combination of minutiae designed to keep a then-deployed husband in the loop on day-to-day life at home. We were not quite to the end of W’s first term, but it was already clear to me what his election meant to the country, Read More …

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