Jane Stillwater

During his stay at the White House, George W. Bush accomplished what Adolph Hitler could only dream about doing – bringing the American economy to a standstill. My friend Bob just told me that there are now actual tent cities forming up outside of Sacramento, CA, and that the people there call them “Bushvilles”. If…

America used to be so strong that it appeared to be invincible. But not any more. Currently we are as invincible as a house of cards – or should I say a house of dollars – because the cancer of monetary instability is destroying our country from within. And don’t you find it ironic that…

I love the Marines. And apparently the Marines love me too. But frankly, our guys in the Corps are currently living life in a fairy tale. Which fairy tale? Cinderella. Think about it. Here’s Cinderella. She used to be the treasured offspring of an honorable man. And now she’s just a scullery maid and a…

I was driving along Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley the other day when I spotted a giant billboard that read, “Another child is diagnosed with autism every 20 minutes.” My jaw just dropped. Further down on Shattuck, I drove past the Marine recruiting center where Code Pink is protesting the war on Iraq. Approximately one million…

PS: While waiting for my flight from Kuwait to Frankfurt, I sat next to a contractor – the whole airport gate area was filled with contractors so this was not hard to do – who gave me his personal version of the history of the so-called war in Iraq. “In 2003 and 2004, it was…

The current issue is always free to everyone My friend Betsy just sent me an e-mail. “The news last night said that Iraqis are starting to turn against extremists and starting to fight Al-Qaeda…is this wishful thinking or are people really talking about this in Baghdad?” Are they talking about it? Yes and no. Yes,…

The current issue is always free to everyone I’ve been feeling somewhat like a ghoul lately because I’ve been trying to research what the funerals in my village are like and have been running around town asking people, “Are there going to be any funerals next week?” “No, Jane,” answered the village grandmother with whom…

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Recently I went on a tour of the wonderful new “Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park” in Richmond, California. This place is great! “We are trying to gather up America’s memories of the war effort on the home front and save them all here for future generations to have access…