Reading time – 97 seconds . . . I received a Trump fundraising letter today – no clue how I got on the Trump/RNC mail list. Perhaps they read these posts. Nah, not likely. This packet is like so many, in that it includes a clumsily skewed questionnaire designed to appeal to the confirmation bias… [read more]
Reading time – 4:36 . . . It’s plain to see that the President of the United States is, at best, severely dragging feet to deal with our national health emergency. He was warned repeatedly (over a dozen times) in his President’s Daily Briefs as far back as January that this pandemic would happen. The… [read more]
Reading time – 3:49; Viewing time – 5:02 . . . Critical Alert – Pass this along to at least 3 others. You’ll see why at the end. The FOIA triggered disclosure of Mike Pompeo’s involvement with the sliming of Ambassador Marie Yovanovich was only the first end-around of the subpoena stonewalling of the Donald… [read more]
Reading time – 2:49; Viewing time – 4:01 . . . – with a special message from Carl Reiner VOTE! Everything else is secondary. Read Tom Friedman’s piece – he explains it better than I can. Just a few more comments. Trump showed up on that enormously painful day after having been asked to stay… [read more]
Reading time – 3:16; Viewing time – 4:51 . . . Maureen Dowd gave her Sunday column to her conservative brother Kevin on November 26 and we learned that he isn’t tired of winning. I’m sure that’s true, as Trump hasn’t won anything, but Kevin Dowd’s remarks deserve comment, so this is a letter to… [read more]
Reading time – 3:29; Viewing time – 4:50 . . . We long ago decided that the First Amendment limitation declaring clearly that, “Congress shall pass no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” no longer meant “separation of church and state.” Back in 1956 our enemy was the godless… [read more]
Reading time – 2:41; Viewing time – 3:59 . . . Preface: This is being recorded on the 4th of July, a day for pancakes in the park, a parade, picnics and barbecue and, of course, fireworks. There is much to celebrate in the red, white and blue. At the same time we have challenges… [read more]
Reading time – 2:55; Viewing time – 5:24 . . . A couple of months ago I wrote about the concept of intolerables – that which is intolerable to you and you’d fight it to the death. It’s critically important for each of us to know our intolerables, because they bring sharp focus to our… [read more]
Reading time – 5:15; Viewing time – 10:46 . . . We’re politically polarized to an extreme not seen since the Civil War. We’re in debt to a level that most people cannot even comprehend and we have no plan to make things better. We have the highest cost of medical care in the world… [read more]
Reading time – 31 seconds . . . Watch this video. Really, go ahead, click on the web link (not the bracelet) and watch this amazing piece from the folks at the Cleveland Clinic. For the longest time they have done miraculous things for patients in need at their award winning hospital and once again… [read more]
