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One of the complaints about Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy is that he doesn’t present detailed plans. On April 27th, he presented his foreign policy “plan” at Washington DC’s “Center for the National Interest.” It was standard conservative rhetoric. Fleshed out with “Trumpisms.” And lies. -more-

Aggressive,” “revanchist,” “swaggering”: These are just some of the adjectives the mainstream press and leading U.S. and European political figures are routinely inserting before the words “Russia,” or “Vladimir Putin.” It is a vocabulary most Americans have not seen or heard since the height of the Cold War. -more-

May is Older Americans Month. This year’s theme is Blaze a Trail. The National Council on Aging’s Administration for Community Living is collecting stories of older trailblazers. Which reminds me: On Wednesday, May 11 the Berkeley Library Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet at 6:15 PM, location unknown at this time (check www.savethebplbooks.org on May 10.) -more-

The dislike of, or prejudice against, Islam or Muslims (Islamophobia) is alive and well in the United States. The aftermath of September 11, 2001 terrorist attack and the ISIS directed and inspired attacks around the world, have given rise to a growing Islamophobia in this country fueled by the hate rhetoric by the GOP presidential candidates. -more-

It is now four years since the death of my father, Martin Richard Bragen. -more-