At the end of this short post is a link to another short blog written by Jane Fritz, an American expat, now a Canadian citizen. Her piece and the op-ed included in her piece describe what I feared would happen with the election of Donald Trump The “king” on his throne boasted of “a golden …
“You play to win the game. Hello. You play to win the game.” ~ Herm Edwards, American football coach. Coach Edwards’ point is well taken. That being said, in order to win you have to play and in order to play you have to take the field. And as I look about me I feel …
“Please, I have kids.” It’s the desperate plea from someone staring at the finality of death at the hands of his fellow human being. It was the plea from a man being beaten by a mob that dragged him down a flight of concrete steps, sprayed him in the face with chemicals, beat him with …
January 20, 2025It’s early here in San Francisco on Martin Luther King Jr. Day – four in the morning, seven on the east coast. Today is the day that the United States celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. Today is also Inauguration Day, when, at Noon Eastern Time, the new President …
January 15, 2025 for Pete’s sakeA mild oath of exasperation, annoyance, frustration, anger, or surprise. If you’d watched the Senate confirmation hearing of Pete Hegseth and all you saw were the questioning Senators, while the nominee was sequestered behind a screen, you wouldn’t have been faulted for thinking that two nominees were behind that screen. …
January 11, 2025Expectancy, anger, frustration, disgust and resignation. When it comes to life in Donald J. Trump’s America, it’s my almost daily cycle of emotions. A loop that ends in a spin of hopelessness. It was one of those days yesterday as Trump, convicted of falsifying business records in the Stormy Daniels hush money payoff …
January 8, 2025 There are still 12 days until inauguration day and the fatigue is already mentally and emotionally crushing. There’s a name for it. It’s called Trump Fatigue (let’s call it TF for short). TF was particularly taxing yesterday as Trump expanded on his plans for a revival of American imperialism. His proposals range …
“What happened here today was an insurrection, incited by the President of the United States. Those who choose to continue to support his dangerous gambit by objecting to the results of a legitimate, democratic election will forever be seen as being complicit in an unprecedented attack against our democracy. They will be remembered for their …
“No class or group or party in Germany could escape its share of responsibility for the abandonment of the democratic Republic and the advent of Adolf Hitler. The cardinal error of the Germans who opposed Nazism was their failure to unite against it.”~ William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A …
Warning: Rough language ahead. After my recent post, I decided I needed some time away. I was poised to crack open the bottle of Polish vodka that I brought from Krakow for my son and to listen to hours of blues but I thought better of it. So I buried myself in a good book …
The Life in My Years 