…I got a kick out of seeing you so jovial at the turkey pardon yesterday. The WP reported that you were in Uncle Joe mode, “playful, relaxed, delivering bad jokes with good humor,” such as the one about the turkeys being IN new power couple….
11/19/2021
…Frank Bruni points out that you’ve been able to pass “a troika of trillions,” & “that’s not nothing.” He concludes that the cynicism around your victories is “off base. While it pantomimes sophistication, it reeks of simple-mindedness.”…
11/18/2021
…I am thrilled by your nomination of Saule Omarova as comptroller of the currency. I hope the haters, who are attacking her Russian roots, don’t get her down at her Senate hearing today….
11/17/2021
…It looks like you had a scenic moment yesterday in NH standing on the Route 175 bridge over the Pemigewasset River touting the infrastructure bill while a gentle snow fell. I’m sure you talked about BBB, too….
11/16/2021
…I wish I had time to read the news today! So much to be excited about. You signed the infrastructure bill & Danny Fenster was released from prison in Myanmar. I am so happy for you & for us….
11/14/2021
…Albuquerque recently started ABQ Community Safety (ACS) for this kind of thing. It’s a crew of behavioral health specialists ready to help. 911 dispatchers are being trained to sus out the situations where they are needed….
11/13/2021
…After lamenting the lack of art at COP 26 in yesterday’s letter, today I saw a video of Little Amal, a giant puppet who trekked from Syria to England to dramatize the plight of child refugees. She met the Pope, encountered warm receptions & harsh rejections in various locales & paraded through Glasgow this week….
11/12/2021
…Did you get a chance to meet Remigio Cabacar at the Veteran’s Day events? The KC Star had a front-page photo of him today. He was among the 260,000 Filipinos who fought for the US in WWII & then didn’t get GI benefits….
11/11/2021
…Have you seen the footage of the 1st ceremony at the TUS? I was surprised to see Chief Plenty Coups of the Apsáalooke tribe of the Crow Nation adorned with his headdress placing his coup stick on the tomb….
11/10/2021
…I just heard Giannis Antetokounmpo talking about believing in dreams, working hard & cherishing family. It’s fascinating that he can pour out his aggression on the court, stomping around with a scowl on his face, & then can be such a gentleman at the WH.
11/5/2021
Psychological Reactance Theory …provides hope that efforts, of the groups in Myanmar who are encouraging Tatmadaw soldiers to defect, will work. By appealing to the soldiers’ innate desires for freedom to resist their leaders, groups, like People’s Embrace, are motivating military families to take the risk of deserting the Tatmadaw, which, by the way, is having trouble recruiting folks. …
11/4/2021
…what should we do to entice the people of Africa to keep their fossil fuel in the ground? Their parents & grand-parents did not consume energy to create the anthropogenic climate change we are dealing with, so why should they forgo the economic benefits of developing their energy reserves? …