Articles by Lynn Marie Morski

Remember 2017? I don’t think I’m alone in feeling that the country was in somewhat of a challenging place. People were angry, sad, frustrated. Those on the left were upset either because they felt they had lost all political power nationally, or because they felt their own party had played a part in losing that power. Those on the right were angry that those on the left often lumped them all together in unflattering terms. It often felt that we were too divided to recover from whatever was aili...

I remember the exact date I fell in love with Bernie Sanders. It was December 10, 2010. That’s when I happened to tune into a 69-year-old white-haired senator from Vermont in the eighth hour of his famous filibuster against extension of the Bush-era tax cuts. Fast forward to 2015: Bernie Sanders announced his bid for president. Elated, I volunteered with the San Diego for Bernie Sanders group, holding signs on interstate overpasses, making calls to voters, standing on street corners registerin...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4J8Z09zHXA Video Credit: Protect Our Defenders Military sexual assault (MST) is a problem that went under-acknowledged for decades. However, thanks to the documentary The Invisible War and other attempts to bring the issue to light, fewer sexual assaults are occurring and a greater percentage are being reported. As a physician at the Veterans Administration (VA), I see these victims on a daily basis. And when I tell people outside of the military how prevalent...

While San Diego is known as “America’s Finest City,” it’s also is home to the fourth highest homeless population in the nation, including the second-largest population of homeless veterans in the United States at 1,156 people. An estimated 9,000 men and women sleep on the streets, in cars, and in emergency shelters. What was already a major issue for the city became a public health crisis when the homeless population was hit with an outbreak of Hepatitis A. Many community and political leader...

The DNC lawsuit may not be over just yet. The lawyers for the plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit against the DNC and Debbie Wasserman Schultz filed an intent to appeal Friday, less than a month after the lawsuit was tossed by a federal judge. Very few details have been provided for the basis of the appeal. However, it was noted that one of the attorneys, Elizabeth Beck, previously suggested that the dismissal itself -- which was based partially on jurisdictional issues -- could serve as th...

Much of the talk about medical and recreational marijuana involves forms of TetraHydroCannabinol, more commonly known as THC. THC is the psychoactive constituent of the cannabis plant, meaning that the “high” associated with marijuana use is due to THC. However, there’s another component to the cannabis plant that has gotten much less press, but its range of uses far exceeds those of THC: Cannabidiol, or CBD. CBD produces none of the high associated with THC; however, it’s medicinal effects are...

Last week, two of Colorado’s presidential electors, the people who cast Colorado’s votes in the electoral college, filed a lawsuit against their Secretary of State, Wayne Williams, alleging that he “threatened and intimidated” them into voting for Secretary Hillary Clinton in December 2016. Colorado, like many states, has a law that requires its electors to vote for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who received the most votes in the state during the general election. However, t...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y We've all seen it: a news network will convene a panel of pundits from opposing political parties to discuss an issue. Five minutes later, the entire conversation has devolved into the pundits yelling over each other, with arguments deteriorating into such intellectually-devoid statements as “yes they did!” and “no they didn’t!” We’ve also seen the two political parties change their stances on several topics. For example, the individual mandate in ...

https://youtu.be/I-SNEcs5SPI This past weekend, leaders from several election reform organizations met in Denver, Colorado, at “Unrig the System,” an event aimed at educating the state’s residents on how to effect change in their own backyard. Over seventy people gathered to hear presentations from those spearheading election reform efforts across the state and to learn what concrete steps they could take to help support those efforts. The event was put on by Centrist Project, Represent.Us, a...