Dianne Post

Dianne Post graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1969 with a BA in correctional administration, from California State University, San Jose in 1973 with an MS in psychology, and from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1979 with a J.D. She has worked in fields, in factories, in stores, and in a trucking company – the only thing she never did was waitressing, though she was a bartender! As a lawyer, she represented battered women and children for 18 years and then moved to international human rights doing gender-based violence work and representing the Roma to the current day. She was active in the LGBT movement for years until they lost their way. She is currently facilitator for the Central AZ National Lawyers Guild, treasurer for Central Phoenix Inez Casiano NOW, facilitator for Arizona Justice Alliance, legislative liaison for State NOW, and on the ERA Task Force AZ board. In her spare time, she grows organic vegetables and reads.

Both Crime and Fentanyl Deaths Decline by Record Levels

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The FBI revealed on Sept. 23, 2024 in their “Summary of Crime in the Nation” that violent crime fell by 3% and property crime by 2.4%.  Importantly murder dropped by 11.6% and rape by 9.4%.  These are the highest drops in 20 years.  Burglary is down by 7.6% but car theft is up.  Having someone steal your car is … Read more

Greedflation

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Just the other day I was in a car shop in Florence, AZ and a man came in whining about inflation.  I corrected him that it was not inflation but corporate greed that was the cause of prices rising.  He and the other man there both looked at me as if I had just landed from a … Read more

The Third Reconstruction and the Battle of the Alphabet: KKK, NAACP, MLK, DEI, CRT, BLM

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Before we can talk about the Third Reconstruction, we must remember the First and Second Reconstructions. The First Reconstruction The 1866 Massacre in Memphis, TN galvanized a Republican party much different from today’s GOP to pass the Reconstruction Acts that ended slavery, defined the formerly enslaved as citizens of the United States, and established provisions … Read more

The Ideal of America

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“40 Acres and a Lie” Most of us have heard of “40 Acres and a Mule” that were promised to enslaved people.  General William Sherman signed Special Field Order No. 15 issued Jan 16, 1865 that allocated 400,000 acres of confiscated Confederate land to Black families on the coast from South Carolina to Florida.  Additionally, some families … Read more