by Barbara Chiarello | Jan 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Back in 1966, when I was a pre-med major at Brooklyn College, I was the victim of one of those freak accidents that occur in organic chemistry labs. As I was inserting a glass rod into a rubber stopper, the rod broke and the needlelike tip of one part of the fragment...
by Barbara Chiarello | Dec 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
While President Trump and his Senate enablers have made the wealthy even wealthier, the Democratic House continues to pass bills meant to meet the basic needs of everyday citizens, especially during the pandemic. The Republicans’ response? Make the term socialism...
by Barbara Chiarello | Oct 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Covid-19 requires Americans to face harsh truths. We must dismantle the sacrosanct American myth that deifies individualism so that we can embrace the social responsibility imperatives that will defeat this pandemic. When Trump refuses to require all Americans to...
by Barbara Chiarello | Oct 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
He snuck into our sacred halls of government trumpeting grandiose deeds to “make America great again” but really signaling the menacing message to his true believers that he would build a xenophobic, sexist, racist white patriarchy. Trump and his enablers are...
by Barbara Chiarello | Sep 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
America is suffering from whitism, a creed that rests on disabling lies. Whitism engenders the belief that the world was made to serve whites. Therefore, coal mining and manufacturing jobs must be coming back because why should whites have to adjust to a changing...
