For the first 140+ years of the United States the inauguration of the President of the United States was March 4. In 1933, the date was changed to January 20. I really had no knowledge of this until the current chaos. It’s just another learning opportunity. If you wish to learn more, here’s an article […]
Today is the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about January 6. Director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, is testifying. It is interesting. Only the most hardy will watch it all (I’m not among that group, but I’ll catch quite a bit of it.) The opening statements of Sen. Dick Durbin and Sen. Chuck Grassley were of […]
Sometime today the Former Occupant is supposed to make an appearance at a conservatives conference in Orlando. I’m writing and publishing this before the appearance, and while I’ll probably watch whatever pieces are accessible, I won’t have any comments. We all know what is ahead, there. A worthwhile read came overnight via Just Above Sunset. […]
As I write, the Senate Parliamentarian has not yet issued her ruling on the $15 minimum wage provision proposal to be voted on this week. If you’re reading this, you know the rest of the public details from your source of news. I simply want to add a personal opinion about this long-standing issue. I […]
This afternoon was a time of remembrance in memory of the over 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 since the pandemic began last year. The bells at the National Cathedral rang 500 times; there were 500 candles at the White House. Other reports were that the first official death from the pandemic in the U.S. was last […]
A couple of unrelated happenings this week lead to this column. This week, a relative, Donna, sent an old photograph with an inquiry: did I know one of the people in the photo? As is quite typical with old photos, this one didn’t have a date or names written on the back. I could help: […]
POSTNOTE Feb. 21: A Texan talks about Texas exceptionalism, here. PDF of article: Texas Exceptionalism WaPo Feb 21 * Feb. 18: Stopped in at the gas station this morning to get a cup of coffee, and the clerk and I chatted a bit about Texas and the weather. It’s 10 above zero here in Woodbury, […]
Feb. 21: Program Info here. Today is Presidents’ Day, honoring George Washington(born Feb 22) and Abraham Lincoln (Feb 12). Last night we watched the first of a six-part series on Lincoln on CNN. It was excellent. It will likely be reprised this week, note CNN for the schedule, which I believe is the next six Sunday […]
On Valentine’s Day, 2021…. Friday’s e-mail brought this from our friend, Annelee Woodstrom, retired high school teacher, Teacher of the Year finalist in Minnesota in 1980, 94 years young, whose first 21 years of life were spent in Germany, including the entirety of the Third Reich, and who came to rural Minnesota as an immigrant, […]
RELATED, IF YOU WISH: I strongly recommend this GoFundMe project. * My preoccupation for this week was to watch almost all of the impeachment proceedings in the U.S. Senate. It was a long slog. I write this between the end of Friday and Saturday, which may wrap up the proceedings. I don’t pretend to know […]