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Monday, December 07, 2020
Sunday, November 29, 2020
Sunday, November 01, 2020
On my travels, I saw a vision of two Americas – but which one will triumph? | US news | The Guardian
We must work so hard to injet truth into US daily life, on all levels at all times.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Fix, or Toss? The ‘Right to Repair’ Movement Gains Ground - The New York Times
We should all support this.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Finding appliance repair people has become a pandemic nightmare - The Washington Post
What a missed opportunity.
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Thursday, October 08, 2020
Thursday, October 01, 2020
NC ballot settlement: Judge rejects witness rule change | Durham Herald Sun
How do we stop this and simply return to voting? It is out of hand and getting so much worse.
Tuesday’s Debate Made Clear the Gravest Threat to the Election: The President Himself - The New York Times
Perhaps the singles biggest danger the world now faces.
Monday, September 28, 2020
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Republicans will replace RBG but Democrats hold the trump cards – no, really | David Litt | Opinion | The Guardian
Worth noting, at least a little.
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Democrats have a weapon to thwart a rapid Ginsburg replacement - Los Angeles Times
How does this sad effort get organized? What can we all do?
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Trump shattered his promise to ‘drain the swamp.’ The self-dealing would be epic in a second term. - The Washington Post
I worry most about the people who might read this and dismiss it for one of a number of TRUMPian pipe dreams.
Sunday, September 13, 2020
Saturday, September 12, 2020
Trump Has Changed the Face America Presents to the World - The New York Times
I think this is more important than even this piece suggests.
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Sunday, September 06, 2020
Trump attacks Laurene Powell Jobs for her majority stake in The Atlantic - CNN
I hope she will personally respond to this.
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler excoriates President Donald Trump: 'It's you who have created the hate' - CNNPolitics
Alas, the Mayor has spoken precisely the right words at this moment. He's right; Whatshisname is wrong. Period.
Saturday, August 29, 2020
LSSC: Season Five Episode Talk - Page 8 - Late Show With Stephen Colbert - PRIMETIMER
Jon MEACHAM comment again today about TRUMP. See this reference here - not new "Being willfully stupid is not part of the Christian tradition."
Louder for the people in the back, Meacham. Thank you.
Also, the questions he has about this administration are the exact same ones I've been constantly asking myself and others these last few years (I loved his comment about "weaponizing narcissism"), so if he ever were to write a book exploring that aspect of this presidency, I would absolutely read that. "
Trump Says Ivanka Is More Fit to Be First Female President Than Kamala Harris
We need to return sanity to the Oval Office.
Friday, August 28, 2020
Monday, August 24, 2020
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Saturday, August 22, 2020
Facebook Braces Itself for Trump to Cast Election Results Doubts - The New York Times
And how about all the other "platforms" and services?
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Words
Three words that I am struggling to use with confidence:
Meme
Trope
Gaslighting
Perhaps it is simply a sign of age!
Tuesday, August 04, 2020
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Does the Constitution allow for a delayed presidential election? - National Constitution Center
I am not convinced that the President could not use some emergency power/authority to postpone the election.
Opinion | John Lewis: Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation - The New York Times
This piece is a great gift to all of us from a great man.
Monday, July 27, 2020
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Sunday, July 19, 2020
Opinion | Where Is the Outrage? - The New York Times
This needs a button - DO SOMETHING NOW! CLICK HERE!
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Sunday, July 12, 2020
The history and future of Confederate monuments - CBS News
I really support the idea of adding information to monuments instead of trying to wipe them out or put them in a "closet".
I’m a black doctor. I wear my scrubs everywhere now. - The Washington Post
What an incredibly sad revelation. For me, anyway.
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Thursday, July 09, 2020
In ‘Buy American’ Speech, Biden Challenges Trump on the Economy - The New York Times
I am not happy to hear this Buy American stuff.
Opinion | I’ve Seen a Future Without Cars, and It’s Amazing - The New York Times
I want to study this more carefully.
Friday, July 03, 2020
Splitting 5-4, Supreme Court Grants Alabama’s Request to Restore Voting Restrictions - The New York Times
Maybe we need a study and plot on maps where people do not have or do not have easy access to a printer?
Sunday, June 28, 2020
With Flights Banned, Son Sails Solo Across Atlantic to Reach Father, 90 - The New York Times
I wonder how long to sail single handed from Chapel Hill to Nice?????
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Supreme Court Says Rejected Asylum Seekers Have No Right to Object in Court - The New York Times
I want to read the opinion but it really bothers me to see what may be further erosion of what is written on the Statue of Liberty.
Sunday, June 21, 2020
TikTok Teens Claim They Tanked Trump Rally - The New York Times
So many mixed reactions reading this - from glee that Trump suffered embarrassment (if he know what that is) to horror over the ease of such huge manipulation of the impression facts render.
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Mourning the Letters That Will No Longer Be Written, and Remembering the Great Ones That Were - The New York Times
I have thought about this often.
Saturday, June 13, 2020
Fayetteville Chief Of Police Comments On Government's Response To Protests : NPR
Want to listen to this again.
Sunday, June 07, 2020
Foleys NYC Pub and Restaurant will not reopen after COVID
Sad news. I did not realize the Cavan connection.
Tuesday, June 02, 2020
Checking my white privilege
Bravo. This comes from the writer's heart and we should speak more from there to more people more often with words we believe, as she obviously does, and which I fervently embrace.
George Will: There is no such thing as rock bottom for Trump. Assume the worst is yet to come. - The Washington Post
I never thought I would embrace George WILL's point of view. I do this time, so very sadly.
Protesters Dispersed With Tear Gas So Trump Could Pose at Church - The New York Times
The Bishop spoke the truth to a presdient who cannot comprehend the idea.
Saturday, May 30, 2020
Opinion | Coronavirus Showed How Globalization Broke the World - The New York Times
I agree; what do we do next, Tom????
Supreme Court, in 5-4 Decision, Rejects Church’s Challenge to Shutdown Order - The New York Times
This serves as a stunning example of how our country is now divided between those committed to fairness and fundamental rights of government to protect us while also respecting our individual fundamental rights and the other side of zany zealot whose commitment seems to be to a system we never have had, did not embrace in 1776 or later and not supported by a razor's edge larger bulk of citizens. Life on this blade will remain perilous and at times it can risk to many human lives, as here.
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
After Twitter Fact-Checks Donald Trump's Tweet, President Threatens to Close Down Social Media Platforms
How could anyone with half a mind continue to support this narcissistic lunatic?
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Sales soar at Walmart and Home Depot during the pandemic - The Washington Post
I thin this is irreversible.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Opinion | After the Coronavirus, These Spaces Will Make Cities More Resilient - The New York Times
I want to read this much more carefully. It sounds like me.
Wednesday, May 06, 2020
How a Daily Walk Helps Us Cope With the Coronavi - The New York Times
One of my favorite subjects - walking!
Saturday, May 02, 2020
Tracking the Asian Giant 'Murder' Hornet as It Reaches North America - The New York Times
Something more to take up our worry time.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Pence Comments On Not Wearing Protective Masks : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR
It is too often really hard to decide whether TRUMP or PENCE is worse. How does one argue against such ignorance and stupidity?
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Luxury Hotel Executive Biggest Winner of Small-Business Relief - Bloomberg
I have become numb to such abuse. When will we all regain our sense of decency and fair play. November? January? Jan 2025?
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
To fight coronavirus, here’s a trick to stop touching your face so often - MarketWatch
Such a huge risk to be eating with your fingers!!! Avoid hand-held food!!!!
"Avoid finger food and using unwashed hands to put food into your mouth. Wash your hands first, or use utensils or the wrapper to handle the food."
"Avoid finger food and using unwashed hands to put food into your mouth. Wash your hands first, or use utensils or the wrapper to handle the food."
Sunday, April 19, 2020
On the trail of COVID-19: Contact tracing the virus - CBS News
This is really bad - hang the privacy; we need to know where we've all been to beat back this virus.
Opinion | Trump Is Asking Us to Play Russian Roulette With Our Lives - The New York Times
Why can't we all focus on replacing him? And thwarting him at every turn in the meantime?
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Coronavirus Live Updates: In Midst of Pandemic, Trump Halts W.H.O. Payments - The New York Times
Why aren't we all in the streets protesting this? Really, why not?
Wednesday, April 08, 2020
Google News - Former acting Navy secretary's trip to Guam, which led to his resignation, cost almost a quarter of a million dollars
He should repay the Treasury with interest, a lot of it.
Sunday, April 05, 2020
Thursday, April 02, 2020
Batons, Tear Gas, Drones, Guns: How Far Should Police Go in Enforcing Coronavirus Lockdowns? - The New York Times
Troubling but necessary in many cases. It's police enforcement of selflessness.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Trump wants his signature on coronavirus stimulus checks.
He becomes more and more loathesome with each venal act of narcissism and stupidity.
Monday, March 16, 2020
Sunday, March 15, 2020
The Workers Who Face the Greatest Coronavirus Risk - The New York Times
I sure hope that this crisis forces us to fix this so that all people are treated fairly and with the dignity to which each and every one of us is entitled.
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Tuesday, March 03, 2020
Opinion | Coronavirus Will Test Our New Way of Life - The New York Times
This issue will continue to haunt us until we either fix it or die. The crutch of technology is becoming the malfunctioning artificial limb of the world.
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
To Save Louisiana’s Vanishing Coast, Build a Mini Mississippi Near Boston - The New York Times
How sas such a fascinating project is needed or at least done.
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Opinion | Why Democrats Are Bound for Disaster - The New York Times
I think this captures the unfortunate and very uncomfortable place where we find ourselves.
Friday, February 21, 2020
Museum of Modern Art surveys Dorothea Lange's use of words and photography - The Washington Post
I dislike very much the current obsession with images without pictures. So much is lost in the now and forever in the hereafter. Such a missed opportunity. So few photo options provide equal opportunity and billing for captions or stories associated with pictures. Such a shame that the opportunity gets sacrificed in the name of quantity and speed.
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Opinion | ‘What Part of Illegal Don’t You Understand?’ - The New York Times
She has wrritten a magnificent piece that comes closer to my own views than anything I have seen. I hope this will get wide attention, appreciation and adoption, but I fear it will not.
Monday, February 17, 2020
Europe is watching the U.S. presidential campaign — and holding its breath about Trump and Sanders - The Washington Post
This may be the view of leaders whom these reporters saw in Munich, but for most Europeans - perhaps 95%? - other issues simply push the United States off their personal agendas except for bizarre snippets of the weird guy in the White House.
Sunday, February 16, 2020
The Economist: Irish unity "becoming likelier"
Wouldn't this be wonderful!!!! What's in place for a "soft" reunification? Programs? Activities? Joint school events? Sporting events?
Sunday, February 09, 2020
Friday, February 07, 2020
For the Irish, Varadkar May Have Won Brexit, but He Lost the War at Home - The New York Times
However it ends, I hope Ireland wins.
Sunday, February 02, 2020
Leila Janah, Entrepreneur Who Hired the Poor, Dies at 37 - The New York Times
Impressive work; sad to read that she lived such a short time, accomplishing so much.
Monday, January 27, 2020
Monday, January 20, 2020
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Quel était ce titre ? - TSF Jazz
Imagine. What a useful feature to be able to check on something heard on the air!
Saturday, January 18, 2020
What might Britain’s E.U. withdrawal mean for the Irish border? A photo essay. - The Washington Post
Extraordinarily poor report.
Friday, January 17, 2020
Produits - CHALET PRO
When I see this, I think of all the people in the US and overseas whose quality of life could be so dramatically improved by having one of these connected to whatever power might be needed. Imagine a program to spread these everywhere.
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Friday, January 10, 2020
Boatbuilding course at Brown includes equal parts discussion and construction | Brown University
Sign me up for the next time!
Wednesday, January 08, 2020
NC 2nd Amendment sanctuaries vote to protect gun rights | Durham Herald Sun
I'd move if I lived in one of these places.
Sunday, January 05, 2020
A furniture maker whose pieces tell a (sustainable) story - The Washington Post
Would love to see more stories like this one!
Thursday, January 02, 2020
Will Brexit Bring the Troubles Back to Northern Ireland? - The New York Times
I pray none of this happens.
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