People don’t like to hear bad news. The phrase “See no evil; speak no evil; hear no evil,” comes to mind. Unfortunately, bad news comes to us regardless, and it is important to pay attention. And we have seen months and now years of evidence of dangers to our democracy. In the end, we, […]
Our country is lurching towards the hoped for 250th anniversary of the American experiment in representative democracy. For all of these years. till now, in our own imperfect way, we’ve exercised the right of “we, the people” to select our representatives and abide by a rule of law which acknowledges and accommodates differences of opinion. […]
PRENOTE: Overnight came a post from Heather Cox Richardson that deserves your time, and is about Russia/Ukraine/U.S. You can read it here. Earlier this summer my cousin, Remi Roy, took a trip back to the home area of his German-from-Russia ancestors in the Odessa Ukraine and Romania area. His post is here. Saturday we went […]
PRENOTE: Today is the 80th anniversary of the first use of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. I wonder what centuries of war and destruction have taught humanity, if anything. Today, and on August 9 (Nagasaki) are items directly related to the whole business of peace. They are notes ‘off the beaten path’. […]
PRE-NOTE: Take a moment: There are three comments to the Tariff post, here. Yesterday I did a brief post on three items, here. Last week, Fred sent along a forward from a friend about Ukraine and Russia weapons. The friends comment to Fred and by extension to us: “long, worth reading, worrisome“. * This week […]
A while back I wrote about the unexpected death of my friend Melvin Giles. The post is here. I went to the celebration of Melvin’s life on Saturday. Several hundred people were in attendance and it was a joyful gathering. Melvin was a wonderful addition to any community of which he was part. Judging by […]
Sue forwarded Robert Reich’s latest column today. I think you can access it here. It is worth your time: “Be warned, the financial bubble will soon burst” is the title. Also from Dr. Reich Friday, Trump destroys our source of information about jobs. Of course, whatever one’s special interest is unique. So some will say […]
PRE-NOTE: Below consists primarily of program notices in coming days for folks in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. For anyone, this mornings Weekly Sift including this, are very informative in my opinion. Hiroshima-Nagaasaki may be of interest to anyone. Just scroll through. (Dates of the events described are listed). Saturday I went to the new Superman […]
A week ago I shared some visions of young progresssives and conservatives in the early 1960s. The post is here. In the note introducing the post I said “[this is] an invitation to give some thought to our past, present and future as a nation and society, and your role in it.” As I relate […]
The July 12 post, Tonton Macoutes, includes a thought-provoking comment from a recent deportee. I highly recommend reading it. It is from Donna. * For a couple of years I’ve been a regular participant in a local “Coffee and Conversation” group which meets regularly and has a whoever-shows-up membership. This has translated, over time, into […]