2017-05-11 04:38
On May 1 I took time time off work to attend two May Day rallies in the Mexican Heritage Center in San Jose and in Rengstorf Park in Mountain View. Both were fun events. I took lots of ph… Read More
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2017-05-11 04:04
May 1 was a rather busy day. That morning I was expecting to walk a picket line, but found out that the strike that was scheduled was called off. The Sunnyvale Employees Association and t… Read More
2017-05-07 04:44
On Saturday, April 29, I was thinking of relaxing and spending the morning with my wife. When she told me that she was getting her hair cut, I thought maybe I can ride my bike to the Clim… Read More
2017-04-21 04:48
This week I watched a wonderful PBS documentary on World War I titled The Great War. It talks about the war from the point of view of African Americans, Native Americans, women suffragist… Read More
2017-03-30 19:26
In this time, news stations like Fox News has injected a hyper partisan political climate that has caused a deterioration of civil discourse on the many important issues facing this nation… Read More
2017-03-18 20:31
In the past few months, one of the things that has given me hope during the first few weeks of the Trump administration is the passion of people who are engaging in protests and political… Read More
2017-03-18 18:16
Yesterday the country celebrated St. Patrick's Day. It's a day to celebrate the many contributions that Irish Americans have given to our great country. In this time when Muslim American… Read More
2017-03-11 19:09
One of the greatest worries that I have in the past 2 years is the rising incidents of racism, Islamophobia, antisemitism, homophobia and the anti-immigrant harassment around the country… Read More
2017-02-20 17:00
Every day since Donald Trump became President, I have been worried about the latest actions coming from the Trump White House. From his executive orders banning immigration from seve… Read More
2017-02-05 21:31
There has been a lot of news lately comparing U.S. President Donald Trump to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. They have many personal qualities in common: both tend to be bull… Read More
2017-01-22 18:43
On Saturday, January 21, 2017, my niece and I participated in the Women's Day March in San Jose, California. I had never been to a political march that was so large. We wandered around and… Read More
2017-01-21 04:22
On Monday January 16, 2017, my niece and I rode the Celebration Train from San Jose to San Francisco to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day and to commemorate the 1965 civil rights march f… Read More
2017-01-19 14:38
On Saturday January 14, 2017, I went to an immigrants rights rally in San Jose, California. I was debating whether to go or not, as I'm still recovering from a flu that I've had for about… Read More
2017-01-08 16:20
On Saturday January 7, 2017, I went to Los Altos to vote for the delegates for District 24. When I came, though, I found out that since I moved from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara, I no longer l… Read More
2017-01-02 15:06
As the new year begins and a Trump presidency comes closer to becoming a reality, I couldn't help but think of the climactic scene from one of my favorite Frank Capra movies "Mr. Smith Goe… Read More
2017-01-02 14:14
On New Year's Day, my brother and his family wanted to attend a mass at the Mission Church in Santa Clara University before they took the long drive home. Since I live a 20 minute walk fro… Read More
2016-12-31 17:46
As 2016 comes to a close, it's a good time to reflect. On a personal level, the year has had it's good moments and it's had it's bad moments. The good moments outnumber the bad and I have… Read More
2016-12-27 03:38
Tax Reform ?
By Ken Poland
Opinion | December 26, 2016
Taxes is certainly on most everyone's mind, this time of year. Everyone seems to have a little difference of opinion on just how to 're… Read More
2016-12-10 17:17
A few days ago a friend sent me a link to an article describing how President-elect Donald Trump praised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's prosecution of his drug war and invited Dute… Read More
2016-12-02 18:35
What does it mean to be an American in the Presidency of Donald Trump? These past few weeks have been anxious times for me, but I've been reading articles advising liberal Democrats how w… Read More
2016-11-21 17:55
For the past two weeks I've been reading various articles to try to figure out what to do now that Donald Trump is President. How do I oppose Trump within the bounds of our American… Read More
2016-11-15 04:38
It's a week now since the shock of the presidential elections result last Tuesday. I've been deeply depressed about Donald Trump becoming President, but I congratulate those who are… Read More
2016-11-06 15:19
Thursday night I phone banked for Hillary for about 2 hours. It was fun. When Hillary's lead in the polls was growing, I was thinking I might skip phone banking for her this year. Wh… Read More
2016-10-30 06:09
I support Hillary for President. Of the two candidates who are running, Hillary's proposals on a variety of issues comes the closest to my political views. I'm a liberal and Hillary is ba… Read More
2016-10-22 17:38
Yesterday morning I read news that Philippine President Duterte wants to cut economic and military ties to the U.S. and to strengthen ties with China and Russia. This adds to the worries tha… Read More
2016-10-22 16:48
For the past week I've been recovering from watching the last Presidential debate. The tenor of the entire presidential campaign has me worried about the great divisions in this country and… Read More
2016-10-15 16:19
When I watched the second Presidential debate, I couldn't believe the depths that Trump went to in attacking Hillary Clinton. Trump has based his entire presidential campaign focused on pers… Read More
2016-10-09 06:48
Much has been made in the media about the white working class who make up the majority of Donald Trump's electoral support. Trump has appealed to the fears of this group of Americans by sto… Read More
2016-10-01 05:40
Ever since I followed the trailer reactions to the Batman Vs. Superman movie, I've been hooked on watching the trailer reactions of the movies I look forward to seeing. It's fun following v… Read More
2016-10-01 04:26
Last Monday I went to a public viewing of the first Presidential debate hosted by CAIR-SFBA, a group that fights for the civil right of the Muslim American community. Since the viewing w… Read More
2016-09-09 16:16
During this election season, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has made many provocative statements about illegal immigrants, Muslims, Mexicans, women and other minorities. In th… Read More
2016-09-04 15:46
Recently San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernik was in the news for his refusal to stand during the national anthem to protest the unjustified killings of young African Americans by polic… Read More
2016-08-25 18:57
In the past few weeks, many people have asked my opinion on the new Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte. At first, I was embarrassed to tell them that I didn't know much about Duterte. D… Read More
2016-07-30 18:11
Here are more Republican critics of Donald Trump
A youtube video of Mitt Romney suggesting that Donald Trump's election could legitimize racism and misogyny, ushering in a change in the mor… Read More
2016-07-30 06:31
Today I attended a forum in De Anza College for Filipino Americans to learn more about the new Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. Sponsored by National Alliance For Filipino Concerns N… Read More
2016-07-30 03:36
I got a chance to watch bits and pieces of both the Democratic and the Republican Conventions these past two weeks. The Democratic Convention was better run, with better speeches and the sp… Read More
2016-06-25 17:17
On April 26, 2016 attended a talk in Stanford University by indigenous community leaders from Mindanao on a historic tour of the United States to raise public awareness about the struggle… Read More
2016-06-25 16:34
On May 1, 2016, I went to Mountain View, California to walk in their May Day march for immigration reform and housing justice. In the past 6 months, many people in my apartment complex hav… Read More
2016-06-25 15:13
Two weeks ago I went to a City Hall in San Jose, California, to attend a vigil for the victims of the Orlando shootings. The vigil started at 6 p.m., but I came at around 7:30 p.m. so I mi… Read More
2016-05-15 15:38
Over the past few weeks, I discovered that my editorial cartoons won two awards: the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Excellence in Journalism for Newspaper Under a Circulation of 100,000 and the… Read More
2016-05-01 04:23
It’s been awhile since I contributed to KFP or Citizens United. I’m submitting this to both venues.
Yep, I’m still a registered Democrat and identify with Christianity… Read More
2016-04-24 14:34
When I attended an Episcopal Church in the late 2000s, I produced a weekly cartoon for the church bulletin to illustrate one of the weekly readings. Bible Cartoons is a collection of these… Read More
2016-04-16 18:38
These past few months many of my friends have contacted me to try to persuade me to support Bernie Sanders. It doesn't bother me. I'm a Hillary supporter, but I like Bernie. I have nothing… Read More
2016-04-06 07:45
Hi everyone. I just finished putting my editorial cartoons into 2 books that I am selling on Amazon. Amazon has a section called Createspace where anyone can publish their own books, so I… Read More
2016-03-07 15:38
In the past few months, I've been reading with increasing dismay about the success of Donald Trump's influence on the Republican primaries and the American political debate. I deeply disagr… Read More
2016-02-26 16:37
The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was known for his advocacy of the judicial philosophy of Originalism. Scalia would define "Originalism" in this way:
The Constitution that I i… Read More
2016-02-18 14:45
Last Saturday I was very surprised to hear about Justice Antonin Scalia's death. I'm not a fan of Scalia's political philosophy and have abhorred many of the opinions that he was written in… Read More
2016-02-15 19:21
Yes, I'm still kicking. Just not very high or hard. But, I do keep abreast of the political scene.
It is deplorable that the Republicans can't put a better line up on the stage. They're… Read More
2016-02-14 14:40
I'm a Hillary supporter but I do like Bernie too. Bernie inspires the idealism of the young and has an agenda that would challenge powerful financial and political interests. But does Bernie… Read More
2016-01-04 16:17
The last year was a fun year for movies for me. In the beginning of the year, Lisa and I got to spend time watching the Oscar nominated movies with two close friends whom we hadn't seen in… Read More
2015-12-31 15:35
As I've been reading about the recent protests of the Black Lives Matter Movement, I began thinking of the older civil rights leaders who fought for African American rights in decades past… Read More
2015-12-16 13:44
During the past few months, political figures like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have been saying divisive language that has been scapegoating groups like immigrants, Muslims, LGBT individuals… Read More
2015-12-13 20:36
I've been reading a lot about the growing partisan divide, and I've been as exasperated as many of my fellow liberals at Donald Trump's latest rantings. It got me thinking of two great telev… Read More
2015-12-09 01:42
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Vatican II document Nostra Aetate, which dealt with the relation of the church to non-Christian religions that transformed church doctrine about J… Read More
2015-11-30 00:18
Recently a few friends asked me if I would support Bernie Sanders in his run for the Presidency. I replied to them that my support for the Presidency would depend on how I think the 2016 Con… Read More
2015-11-21 15:47
Recently, there has been a controversy where a Christian public official named Kim Davis went to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples who wanted to get mar… Read More
2015-11-21 15:11
These past few months Donald Trump has been capturing the headlines with his comments about most illegal immigrants coming from Mexico being violent criminals. While it is true that violent… Read More
2015-11-20 04:30
In the past few years, the tragic deaths of African Americans at the hands of police officers have led the grassroots movement, Black Lives Matter. This movement has highlighted many of the… Read More
2015-11-20 04:10
On Saturday, August 30, 2015, I went to the first Women's Equality Day rally in San Jose, California. It was a fun time. I walked around and took photos and talked to various people about wh… Read More
2015-11-16 21:55
Living by pacifist values in a time of perpetual war, in a time when innocent people are slaughtered mindlessly by those who seem to have only evil on their minds is almost impossible. Impre… Read More
2015-08-08 07:19
Under Granholm’s Stand Your Ground Law, State Senator Virgil Smith could be found Not Guilty
How would you respond to a home invasion at 1 am? How would you protect those in your hom… Read More
2015-07-20 19:25
Groups will have a bias against certain issues because of their history. African Americans, for instance, tend to be less responsive to libertarian criticisms of the power of the federal g… Read More
2015-07-16 03:31
Over the years, I've met some conservatives who are really nice and decent people. And I've met some conservatives who are really intolerant and crazy. The same is true with liberals, of c… Read More
2015-07-16 03:25
DIane, this is a great blog. It takes special character and empathy not to be influenced by the prejudices of the community around you. I hope more parents get involved in the lives of the… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
For the past decade or so, I've been struggling to understand and move on from several conflicts that I've had in church. It's been tough trying to find others who've gone through similar e… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
One of Jesus's greatest imperatives to his followers was for them to care for the poor and to feed the hungry. Many Christians over the centuries have tried to follow Jesus's mandate, servi… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I don’t watch TV news much. I can’t remember when I gave it up. I know there was a time when I stayed glued to the evening news to find out what was going on around the world and… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
One of the most insightful blogs is written by Joel Rieves. Joel was raised in the North Carolina Piedmont, where he acquired a sense of humor, a healthy disrespect for authority and sense… Read More
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