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Blog Posts on Politics

Being Ladies

December 15th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Women, Politics 1 Comment

Newspaper text of General Order 28

As we again face a form of invasion, of lies and distortions, not soldiers, will we again be crippled by our adherence to older forms of “correct behavior”?

In Women, Politics The Civil War Drew Gilpin Faust

The New McCarthyism

November 24th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Politics Leave a Comment

Black and white photo of Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin.

As we struggle for balance in the maelstrom of public events, it may be helpful to remember that we have been through this before in the period seventy years ago called McCarthyism for its creator, Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin.

In Politics Donald Trump 2024 Election

We Shall Overcome

November 20th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Politics Leave a Comment

Photo of woman reading newspaper headline - They're Pouring In From All Over

We have been through hard times, politically, often before, although many are probably too young to have witnessed Vietnam or the McCarthy period, when it also seemed as though Democracy was at stake. 

In Politics Civil Rights Movement 2024 Election

Beware the Bogeyman

November 17th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Politics 2 Comments

Image of a robed figure threatening a mother and two children

The bogeyman is a mythical creature, used to frighten children. It can take many forms. One form may be a loud, big, tumultuous man.

In Politics Donald Trump 2024 Election

Truth and Reconciliation

November 12th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Politics, Writing Leave a Comment

Photo of Amy Biehl

So how do we move forward?

In Politics, Writing Donald Trump 2024 Election

My Mother’s Nightgown

November 10th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Politics, My Family Leave a Comment

My mother's nightgown

Wednesday as we were reeling from the aftereffects of the election, my dear sister Eleanor sent me a care package.

In Politics, My Family Donald Trump Men 2024 Election Mary Clifford Caperton Bingham

The Lost Cause Rises Again

November 6th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Politics Leave a Comment

1862 cartoon from Harper's Weekly

Early yesterday evening as I was watching the election coverage, I saw it on the screen: the solid South, the mass of red states in the Southeast that told me too clearly who our next president is going to be. 

In Politics Donald Trump Kamala Harris 2024 Election The Lost Cause

Mending

September 29th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Politics 1 Comment

The cover of Mend!

The facts of the manufacture and eventual demise of clothes are becoming clear… this is an area where all of us who consume can contribute.

In Politics

Labor Day 2024

September 1st, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Politics, New Mexico 1 Comment

Pullman porter photographed at Chicago Union Station, 1943

Screams of “Burn him! Burn him!” Friday night as the puppet went up in flames also burned what little is left of our understanding of the original meaning of Labor Day.

In Politics, New Mexico Labor Day Santa Fe

The Impossible Dream Renewed

August 7th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Politics, New Mexico 1 Comment

Construction worker at Apache Mesa Ranch in 2012

Disappointment and depression are hard to shake; they become a habit, protecting us from hopes that seem doomed.

In Politics, New Mexico Wolf Pen Branch Mill Farm Apache Mesa Hillary Clinton Kamala Harris

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Visiting Linda Stein

Visiting Linda Stein

March 3rd, 2025
Back on October 28th, 2008, I visited artist Linda Stein's studio in New York City and tried on a few of her handmade suits of armor.
On Memoir and My Writing Memoir/Writing History Workshops

On Memoir and My Writing Memoir/Writing History Workshops

February 11th, 2024
I think memoir writing is a much more serious task than it's often considered to be. It's not informal, it's not casual. It really is the writing of

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Rebecca Reynolds & Salie Bingham at SOMOS

Rebecca Reynolds & Salie Bingham at SOMOS

November 8th, 2024
This event was recorded November 1, 2024 in Taos, NM at SOMOS Salon & Bookshop by KCEI Radio, Red River/Taos and broadcast on November 8, 2024.
Taken by the Shawnee Reading

Taken by the Shawnee Reading

September 1st, 2024
This reading took place at The Church of the Holy Faith in Santa Fe, New Mexico in August of 2024.

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Sallie Bingham's latest is a captivating account of ancestor's ordeal
Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican

“I felt she was with me” during the process of writing the book, Bingham says. “I felt I wasn’t writing anything that would have seemed to her false or unreal.”

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