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Dagmar Honigmann

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Dagmar Honigmann is in her sixties and has worked as a writer and educator. She is the daughter of German refugees who made separate middle-of-the-night escapes from East Germany after World War II, in her mother’s case with help from an American Army officer who risked not only his career but an international incident by doing so. When her mother developed Alzheimers and began living more and more in the past, Dagmar was repeatedly reminded of the fact that democracies can fail – and of what can happen when they do (such as when her mother recalled having been on a train that was just leaving Dresden at the start of the Allied firebombing that burned many of city’s residents to death).
She has turned to writing because news is now coming too quickly for people to note some of its important implications. Thus, in her columns, she specializes in politically related news that has almost escaped notice or been forgotten too quickly, and in unasked questions, especially disturbing ones. (If she had to give the articles she is writing a working title, it would be “Disturbing the Peace”.)
She writes as a public service, so she strongly encourages readers to share her work in whatever way they see fit.

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Oil Derrick, From FlickrPhotos
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, July 10, 2019
The Last of Three Climate Change Perils No One Is Talking About Yet a third hidden peril that our country faces if climate change continues is again partly political, because it stems from the second peril - but the disaster would be mainly economic.
Series: Three Little-Known Climate Change Perils (5 Articles, 6599 views)
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, July 6, 2019
How Much Harm Might Justice Kavanagh's Confirmation Process Have Caused? The second of two articles looking at how the handling of the sexual assault allegations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh may have caused lasting damage. This article explores how many more sex crimes could end up going unreported as a result of the lessons that women might have learned during the confirmation battle.
Series: Unintended Side Effects of Justice Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Process (2 Articles, 2797 views)
Drill baby, drill...NOT, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, July 8, 2019
The Second of Three Climate Change Perils No One Is Talking About A second hidden peril that our country faces if climate change continues is also political - but it involves the role we have long held as the leader of most of the world.
Series: Three Little-Known Climate Change Perils (5 Articles, 6599 views)
Broken water bottles, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, June 29, 2019
Why Impeach President Trump? (Part 1) Part 1 of an occasional series on what may be being overlooked in the debate about impeaching President Trump. This part shows how even choosing the grounds for impeachment is far from a simple matter.
Series: Why Impeach President Trump? (1 Articles, 1348 views)
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, July 7, 2019
The First of Three Climate Change Perils No One Is Talking About In addition to the many well-known perils that we face if climate change continues, there may be a hidden political one in our country...
Series: Three Little-Known Climate Change Perils (5 Articles, 6599 views)
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SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 5, 2019
What Women Could Have Learned from the Kavanaugh Confirmation Process The first of two articles looking at how the handling of the sexual assault allegations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh could have caused lasting damage - by repeatedly showing girls and women the danger of reporting their own sexual assaults.
Series: Unintended Side Effects of Justice Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Process (2 Articles, 2797 views)
Trump, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, June 22, 2019
A Connecticut Yankee in President Trump's America The first of a 4-part series exploring recent changes in our country from a personal perspective, what they can tell us about President Trump's supporters. . . and some key questions they raise about the President himself. In this part, I find myself in a country that has unexpectedly changed, one that I'm occasionally not sure I still recognize.
Series: The Roots of President Trump's Rhetoric (4 Articles, 4409 views)
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 23, 2019
Fear in President Trump's America Part 2 of a 4-part series exploring recent changes in our country from a personal perspective, what they can tell us about President Trump's supporters. . . and some key questions they raise about the President himself. In this part, I focus on further examples of changes that turned out to have a common denominator: fear.
Series: The Roots of President Trump's Rhetoric (4 Articles, 4409 views)
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 16, 2019
The US War Against Changing Climate Change - II The first of two articles outlining some of the evidence that could be presented if mainstream climate change predictions prove correct and the world's other nations chose, a generation or two from now, to demand economic reparations from the US for our role (not only our inaction but our actions).
Series: Three Little-Known Climate Change Perils (5 Articles, 6599 views)
International Court of Justice in the Hague, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, July 14, 2019
The US War Against Changing Climate Change - I Description: The first of two articles outlining some of the evidence that could be presented if mainstream climate change predictions prove correct and the world's other nations chose, a generation or two from now, to demand economic reparations from the US for our role (not only our inaction but our actions). Links are provided.
Series: Three Little-Known Climate Change Perils (5 Articles, 6599 views)
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 24, 2019
President Trump and the Politics of Fear and Fake News Part 3 of a 4-part series exploring recent changes in our country from a personal perspective, what they can tell us about President Trump's supporters... and some key questions they raise about the President himself. In this part, I focus on President Trump's rhetorical tactics, and why his tactics of disturbing the peace work.
Series: The Roots of President Trump's Rhetoric (4 Articles, 4409 views)
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 28, 2019
Two Border Emergencies, Very Different White House Choices The third in a series of occasional articles involving our refugee crises (plural). It considers what we can learn from comparing President Trump's responses to Congress's rejection of extra border wall funding with his responses to overflowing holding camps for refugee and migrant children and adults.
Series: Some Big Questions and Big Answers About Refugees (3 Articles, 3065 views)
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 26, 2019
"Is America Still a Christian Country?" The first in a series of occasional articles involving our refugee crises (plural). It considers the actions of some Border Patrol agents and our entire government, and asks whether there is any way to reconcile those actions with Christianity... because if not, such actions might be warning signs of a massive moral and religious decay in our country.
Series: Some Big Questions and Big Answers About Refugees (3 Articles, 3065 views)
Drone, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, July 1, 2019
Again, Why Impeach President Trump? (Part 2) Part 2 of an occasional series on what may be being overlooked in the debate about impeaching President Trump. This part further explores why choosing the grounds for an impeachment attempt can matter a great deal.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Who Might We Have to Thank for President Trump's Rhetoric? The last of a 4-part series exploring recent changes in our country from a personal perspective, what they can tell us about President Trump's supporters. . . and some key questions they raise about the President himself. In this part, I look at where President Trump could have learned his rhetorical tactics, and why that could potentially matter a great deal.
Series: The Roots of President Trump's Rhetoric (4 Articles, 4409 views)
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 27, 2019
Why Not Think Way Outside the Box on Refugees? The second in a series of occasional articles involving our refugee crises (plural). It highlights what American ingenuity might accomplish with this problem - and quite possible other intractable ones - if we manage to set aside our political habits and come at the problem from a completely different angle.
Series: Some Big Questions and Big Answers About Refugees (3 Articles, 3065 views)

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