Mourning Al Haig

by Erin Solaro This is a post I never thought I’d write. I’m (more or less) a liberal and a progressive, an unapologetic feminist. I intensely disliked President Reagan and disagreed with many of his policies, except for his attitude towards the Soviet Union. When he called the Union an evil empire, I didn’t understand [...]

Full participation for ‘Sisters-in-Arms’ (WaPo)

Full participation for our ‘sisters-in-arms’ By Donna McAleer and Erin Solaro Saturday, December 12, 2009 By this time next year, U.S. troops will have been in Afghanistan longer than the Soviets were. The United States has been engaged in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq longer than in any previous war. Not factoring in the increase [...]

President Obama Bankrupts America

by Erin Solaro When I voted for Barack Hussein Obama, I did not vote for him to continue the policies of his disasterous predecessor, George Walker Bush. To continue two disasterous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, that have emptied the US Treasury and broken our military. To continue Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and the Combat [...]