Laura Wells – Solutions – Page 5 – Another World Is Possible

NO EXCUSES. Especially for “trifecta” states!

- December 2, 2021 - Laura Wells 4 Comments

Florence Nightingale, social reformer, statistician (!), and the founder of modern nursing, said, "I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse." Her "no excuses" policy seems like a great lesson…

Politics - Better World

GO GREEN — IN RHYME THIS TIME!

- November 11, 2021 | January 15, 2022 - Laura Wells 1 Comment

Billions of people want to "Go Green."The confusion is, just what does that mean? What can we do? It's not hard to deduce:we can reuse and recycle but the key is REDUCE! We’ve heard from…

Venezuela - Latin America

United States OUT of Nicaragua — United People…

- September 24, 2021 - Laura Wells comment

A well-known slogan from Latin America is "El pueblo unido jamás será vencido," which translates to, "The people united will never be defeated." Unfortunately, some people have way too much concentrated wealth and power, and…

Politics - Better World

Does Uncle Sam have any money?

- September 1, 2021 - Laura Wells comment

"How will we pay for it?" That is their question. This past month, I recommended The Deficit Myth, Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy, by Stephanie Kelton (2020), in my "Great…

Politics - Better World / Venezuela - Latin America

Great Reads for Our Times – with a…

- August 3, 2021 - Laura Wells comment

Please consider reading The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton! It’s enjoyable and eye-opening. Have you ever wondered exactly why the US federal government supposedly has huge, terrible deficits, so they cannot fund healthcare, education and…

Politics - Better World / Venezuela - Latin America

The Personal, the Political, and “US Out!”

- July 26, 2021 - Laura Wells comment

The Personal My blogs are almost always purely political, but this one is a little more personal. My Facebook page is also mostly political, but the post that got more likes and comments than any…

Venezuela - Latin America

Daniel Ortega, good before, but not now? Really??

- June 1, 2021 | June 2, 2021 - Laura Wells comment

This article about Daniel Ortega reverses the typical order, it starts with the question of "What can we do?" and ends with a bit of history, Nicaragua’s and mine. As you read, if you find…

Venezuela - Latin America

Seven Tips: How to Tell when it’s a…

- April 30, 2021 - Laura Wells comment

Even when we're being lied to by almost every available source across the media and political spectrum, we can still become better lie detectors. This piece focuses on Latin America, and so a good question is, "Why…

Venezuela - Latin America

Ten Things for US to Understand about Latin…

- April 3, 2021 | April 9, 2021 - Laura Wells 1 Comment

Hello everyone! I love my country — the US land and people — but it could be a lot better. And it will be, when we dump our sense of US supremacy! I just returned…

Venezuela - Latin America

US: End Sanctions, and Learn from the World!

- February 24, 2021 | February 28, 2021 - Laura Wells 1 Comment

The US is moving away, deliberately or not, from our overrated position of being the strongest imperial super-power — both militarily and economically — that the world has ever known. I say "overrated" because being…