Boulder CO is on my normal route. But the afternoon of June 13, 2019, we were in Boulder for a tourist visit with son Tom, who lives in suburban Denver, and whose first stop when he headed west in March, 1985, was Boulder. He’s been a Coloradan ever since. As I write this, a public […]
This post is about voting rights: the frontal assault on these rights in many of the 50 states – a commonly used number is 250 proposals to amend rights to vote in assorted ways, by the Republican Party. In the other corner is HR 1, a Congressional initiative by the Democrats to at minimum secure […]
Today is the first day of Spring. Let’s hope that Spring ushers in a better year than the one just passed with Covid-19. * Truth be told, I’d like to do most of my writing about topics like the following…but the political thread is extremely important in these divided days, and that will remain an […]
Usually in this little corner of the world called Thoughts Towards a Better World I have one or two opinions in progress. As I write this is the 7th in the draft file. It is that kind of week. I title this one “Relationships”. Top of the list is the U.S. Intelligence Community Assessment on […]
A recent e-mail reminded me of the old saying, “pot calling the kettle black” (“a person who is guilty of the very thing of which they accuse another and is thus an example of psychological projection, or hypocrisy.”). Here’s an opportunity, whether you’re “pot” or “kettle” to consider both sides of the story. Comments are […]
Today Congress passed the stimulus bill today, probably with no Republican votes. There will be talk about numbers too large for us to comprehend: $1.9 Trillion; national debt of $29 Trillion, on and on. I keep thinking of perspective, on several grounds. (There are numerous sources of data. My choices, below, are not ‘cherry-picked’ by […]
Time very well spent: the film “On Her Shoulders”, about Nadia Murad. See “Related and timely”, below. * Yesterday, March 8, was International Women’s Day. March is Women’s History Month. This year has celebrated the centennial of Women’s Suffrage in the United States. There’s been much progress; still a very long ways to go…. We […]
An early and continuing part of my daily drive during the Covid-19 year was through portions of nearby suburbs Newport, St. Paul Park and Cottage Grove, and Grey Cloud Island, all of which are along and part of, the Mississippi River environs. In St. Paul Park is an oil refinery, a long-time fixture there that I […]
POSTNOTE: from the Sunday, March 7 2021, Washington Post: well worth your time. Excerpt from Chaos Under Heaven. * March 6, 2020 – it was a Friday – I stopped at my daughter Lauri’s home to tell her about an upcoming program of the Minnesota Orchestra I thought would interest the grandkids. The previous day […]
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 […]