May I Dare to be Transparent?
Larry opens his heart on behalf of the status of immigrant families now victimized by an environment of fear and hate.
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The Music of Xenophobia – Same Song, So Many Verses!
No doubt, you have experienced that moment of TV or movie suspense when the camera angle leaves the potential victim vulnerable to some unseen threat lingering just off-screen. Yet the music and framing make clear that you should be afraid. … Continue reading →
Continue reading →A Dark Suit for a Dark Mission
President Trump has reportedly criticized his Press Secretary for not wearing a dark suit. This may be the least of Sean Spicer’s challenges.
To be the spokesman for an administration at war with the very press corps that he must face daily will undoubtedly prove daunting.
Continue reading →Afraid of Trump? Really!
“A friend and former co-worker recently asked, “Larry, are you really afraid of Donald Trump?
Larry tries to embrace the “Greater We” as he considers the tenor of the Trump Campaign. Continue reading →A “Real Republican” and the Party of “No!”
This is a “repost” of a blog originally posted in 2010. A registered Republican for over 30 years, Larry (now unaffiliated) still wonders about the future of the GOP.
Continue reading →¿Cómo se dice segura? Some Post-Electoral Reflections
The 2016 presidential election results were not only surprising, but seemed to defy logic.
Larry Eppley is a 68 year old white male — raised Republican and an evangelical Christian. 80% of his demographic voted for Donald Trump. In this post-election reflection, Larry tries to understand the apparent willingness of white Christian evangelicals to ignore obvious signs of racism and xenophobia, with little regard to the destructive impact to our immigrant communities. Continue reading →The Ones We Don’t See…
The sight of unaccompanied children waiting just inside the border for the border patrol is, to say the least, surreal. We view this wave of migrants, at best, as a humanitarian crisis– and at worst, as an invasion of disease carrying third-world latinos. … Continue reading →
Continue reading →The Great Anglo-Saxon Homeland…
It was with a sense of “historic awareness” that I witnessed the combination of anger and fear present in the faces of those protesting the Hispanic women and children who were seeking refuge in my country. With USAmerican flags flying, they … Continue reading →
Continue reading →Jeb Draws Fire, Yet Stands Firm!
The decision to speak his heart about immigration reform was more than a testing of the waters for a possible Jeb Bush presidential candidacy. It was a test of the Republican party itself. So far the outlook is not positive.
Continue reading →An Act of Love!
Jeb Bush shook the political landscape in April, 2014 when he drew a distinction between illegal immigration and serious crimes (misdemeanor versus felony). The way I look at this is someone who comes to our country because they couldn’t come … Continue reading →
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