How are you? I really want to know! How ARE you?

Gail Collins (GC) & Bret Stephens (BS) point out in today’s NYT that “It’s not easy being President,” & the G says AOC is refusing to endorse you.

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…Recent research shows that trauma affects epigenesis which can be passed on to children….It’s troubling to think about how the children being born in the Mae Tao Clinic on the Thai-Burma border are affected by the traumas that their Karen mothers have experienced.

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…It’s also too bad that the WP is calling the Summit a “dud.” Ishaan Tharoor points out that the US is having trouble competing with China in the hemisphere. Not only are they “hoovering up natural resources” & building stadiums, bridges, etc, they are providing armaments to South American militaries…

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I hope you will take the time to speak with MAM at the Summit of Americas today. I think you will learn more from her than you will learn from Jair Bolsonaro (JB). …MAM has lots of ideas about CCC, CV & fighting poverty. Please listen to her!

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Today is graduation, one of my favorite days of the academic year. I will “present” one of my students, which means I will make some remarks to a gathering of 100+/- families & friends & then walk across the stage, put a stoll around his shoulders & bump a bunch of elbows. Hopefully, I can withstand the 93-degree heat in my robe….

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Have you heard of Charles Shay? …He, along with several other vets, were on Omaha Beach yesterday. All are exceptional for having survived such a brutal battle & then living such long lives. Charles is extra-exceptional, because he is a Penobscot Native American from Indian Island, Maine…

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It’s been 78 years since the “Pivot Point of the 20th Century, when the question of who would rule the world was decided. If the brave boys of the USA were unsuccessful in their efforts to storm the beaches of Normandy the war would have become a duel between Stalin & Hitler….

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…Can you believe that QE2 has been “ruling” GB for 70 years. That’s amazing!…

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‘Fexting’ like Bidens can make relationships worse, say experts? That’s the latest from the G, because “messages could be misconstrued without the sensory cues provided by facial expression, body language and intonation.”…

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I’m sure you noticed all those BTS fans going wild outside the WH yesterday. I understand that the press briefing room was packed, too. It seems that BTS is more popular than you….

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…Use this opportunity to find out more from BTS about their fanbase & what makes them tick. … figure out how to marshal an army of enthusiastic folks to promote kindness & advance gun control legislation. K-pop fans are where it’s at!!!…

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Thank you for responding to our recent losses with compassion rather than rage. These tragedies are profoundly confusing. They shake our faith. They make us wonder how a loving God could allow such things to happen. They challenge our trust in our fellow human beings….

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…I assume you will be attending mass at Uvalde’s Sacred Heart Church. I’m sure that you will meet Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller who has been ministering to the families since the shootings on Tuesday. He can translate for you since many of the elders in the community don’t speak English….

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So, you are a “Blue Hen.” When Dr. Assanis introduced you, I thought he called you a “Blue Head,” but upon googling “mascot of Univ. of Delaware” I realized that his Greek accent had interfered with my comprehension. Congrats on receiving such a nice honor from your Alma Mater & giving another decent commencement address….

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The midshipmen are sitting on the football field in their service whites under a grey sky listening to your remarks. …In my perfect world, we would not have a Naval Academy, where some of our best and brightest young folk learn to engineer weapons systems & command nuclear submarines….

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