Today is my oldest grandchild’s 23rd birthday. This birthday causes me to think back…and ahead. August 22, 1986, when Lindsay was born, means of communication differed from today. There was no public access internet; public e-mail was several years in the future; cellular phones were just beginning to be talked about. When I called to […]
Enroute to and from North Dakota last week, I listened, twice, to one of my favorite CDs, the Dixie Chicks 2006 release, “Taking the Long Way”. I’ll listen to it again on Monday as I take the same trip back to my home state. The CD is an inspirational one for me. I knew of the […]
Other posts on this topic: July 24,26,27,29,30,31,August 1,2,5,6,7,10 See Update at end of post. Friday I was in LaMoure (county seat of LaMoure County, ND, pop. 900). As is usual on my visits there, I was an early customer for coffee at the gas station on the east edge of town. I got my coffee, […]
Note comments following this posting. Yesterday afternoon, August 11, enroute home from a meeting, I listened to a portion of a public radio talk show about the death of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, she of the Kennedy family, and founder of the International Special Olympics. http://www.eunicekennedyshriver.org/ An hour after I got home, we headed out to suburban […]
Other posts on this topic: Jul 24,26,27,29,30,31,August 1,2,5,6,7,15. There is no such word as “commuity”, but that is what effectively happens when you remove the “n”, as in “negotiate”, or “neighborly” or “nice”. Put the “n” back in, and you have, again, “community”. We all have a pretty clear sense of “community”, and how a […]
Other posts on this topic: July 24,26,27,29,30,31,August 1,2,5,6,10,15 Early in this round of emotional overkill on Health Care Reform debate, someone sent me the link to a draft bill on Health Care Reform, and put the spotlight on three “sections” of the bill. I opened the document, which turned out to have 1,018 pages, and […]
Note comment following this post. Other posts on this topic: July 24,26,27,29,30,31,August 1,2,5,7,10,15. In #60, posted July 29th, I commented on an e-list I somehow found myself on. The list sends what could only be described as hysterical fear-mongering, mostly against Health Care Reform, and offers to send faxes to all 535 members of Congress […]
Other posts on this topic: July 24,26,27.29,30,31,August 1,2,6,7,10,15 The latest Poll. Towards the end of last week news reports were that the public was becoming disenchanted with President Obama’s performance on the Health Care Reform issue. His poll numbers had dropped to the point that as many people disapproved of his performance, as approved: 46% […]
This is post #8 of 13. Other Posts on this topic: July 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, August 1,5,6,7,10,15. “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” Mark Twain (attributed) Friday we took our 10-year old grandson to the local county fair. It was his birthday, […]
This is post #7 of 13. The others: July 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, August 2,5,6,7,10,15. Moderators note: During the posting of this Health Care Reform series, a number of individuals wrote me on various aspects of the problem. James Reed and Carol Ashley had two quite different takes on the target (my opinion) […]