Jun 21

Jun 21 6/21/2022

On federal holidays, I try to explore the significance of the day. Juneteenth is intriguing because it’s hard to imagine how 250,000 enslaved people could be kept in bondage for 2 years after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation & 2 months after Appomattox….

Jun 20

Jun 20 6/19/2022

RCA

The only news of you in the WP today was about your bike spill. I saw the video & was relieved to see that you were only going 2 snails an hour, so the only harm done was to your ego. Since that seems to be big & strong, I think you’re AOK….

Jun 20

Jun 20 6/18/2022

RCA

Used snail mail today Read more

Jun 17

Jun 17 6/17/2022

RCA

“I love you, and there is nothing you can do about it.” This is my mantra of the day.

I got it from an article in today’s G, by Heove ve 'keso (Yellowbird), Chief Phillip Whiteman Jr, traditional Northern Cheyenne Chief…..

Jun 16 6/16/2022

RCA

Thanks for signing your LGBTQ+ Exec Order yesterday. It was exciting to see Javier Gomez (JG) in his white outfit representing the proud gay youth in our nation & calling you a “true leader.” That must have been music to your ears….

Jun 15 6/15/2022

RCA

…That warm reception you received yesterday at the AFL-CIO event must have felt good. Hearing Pres. Liz Shuler say all those nice things must have warmed your heart….

Jun 14

Jun 14 6/14/2022

RCA

I see that you are headed to Philly today to speak at the AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention. … Do you think the success of the grassroots efforts of the workers at Starbucks’ shops & Amazon warehouses signals a resurgence of the union movement? Wouldn’t that be exciting?

Jun 13

Jun 13 6/13/2022

RCA

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.

Jun 12

Jun 12 6/12/2022

RCA

…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.

Jun 10

Jun 10 6/10/2022

RCA

…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…

Jun 9

Jun 9 6/9/2022

RCA

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!

Jun 9

Jun 9 6/8/2022

RCA

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….

Jun 9

Jun 9 6/7/2022

RCA

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…

Jun 6

Jun 6 6/6/2022

RCA

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….

Jun 4

Jun 4 6/4/2022

RCA

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