I got overwhelmed the other day by all the evil out there. Should I fear: Every one of them seems to want some of my peace-of-mind. It occurs to me…
It started years ago, partly of our own devising, and partly due to the zeitgeist, the German word the means “spirit of the times”. No one knows how it gets…
Today, in Washington, D.C. the impossible will happen. Unless something strange happens, Kamala Harris, who was there for the last insurrection, will certify the Electoral College votes for a man…
I just watched the vote for Speaker of the House and was amazed. The woman who spoke to nominate him gave an incredible Democratic speech about what Congress does. She…
There is no particular reason I’m writing this. I just want to think about what the world should be like as we enter a new year and put it out…
Vladimir Putin decided to bomb Ukraine on Christmas. Volodymyr Zelensky said it was done intentionally. Palestinians have attacked Israel during Passover, or because Israel has attacked Islamic people during the…
I was reading Jeff Tiedrich’s Substack this morning. He was talking about the surprises that people are getting once they realize what That Guy is “really” like. A friend posted…
I’m trying to understand how we got here. What underlying thing did we miss? In my lifetime, we have gone from a reasonable country that was aiming at equality for…
Over the weekend, President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, after saying he wouldn’t do it for four years. People are going nuts. That’s at least some of the joy…
I’m listening to the #Sisters-in-Law podcast and they are talking about how the D.O.J. should have started their prosecution, based on what we now know. They also talked about the…
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