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I write and will publish this post before I know what Rep. Dennis Kucinich says this morning. Except for correcting the usual punctuation and grammar maladies that affect an amateur writer, the content will remain identical. Any new content will be in a specific update. Barring unforeseen calamity’s, Mr. Kucinich will have the spotlight on […]
December 13, 2003, I arrived back from Haiti, all imbued with idealism, but pretty certain that Haiti’s democratically elected government would be deposed, though not sure how or by whom. I had met a lot of people who were standing by President Aristide, even though it was clear that his government was being starved out […]
Several Comments follow this post. To comment, send an e-mail to me. My e-mail address can be found on the “About” page. Short comments preferred. A year ago, October, 2008, I worried that the American financial system, and thus my modest nest egg, was in meltdown. I have a 401(k) from work career days, and […]
This is the third post of three on this topic. The previous posts are Sep 26 and 28. Sometimes there are valuable lessons to be learned from unexpected persons or from groups that have,deservedly or not, been labelled in a negative manner. I thought of such a possibility on Saturday. The first thing I noticed, […]
See comment at end of post Annelee Woodstrom is 83 years young today, and what a remarkable 83 years it has been. She’s one of my role models. What a life. What an example. We saw her reading from her book “War Child, Growing Up in Adolf Hitler’s Germany” one week ago today. We were […]
Yesterday while I was donating blood, I asked the nurse if she had watched any of the Michael Jackson memorial or other goings on surrounding his death. Mostly, she was non-commital, but her response was pretty succinct and wise. There are two things certain in our lives, she said: we are born, and we die. […]
It has been said that Democrats pander to the whimsies, fancies, and naiveté of the people. They tend to call it ‘social justice’ or some such trendy label. It can be Pollyannaish, idealistic, and impractical. On the other hand, it has been said that Republicans pander to the greed, avarice, and self-centeredness of people. They […]