…I was happy to read that LILDS has hesitated to sell weapons to Ukraine & believes “you need to have partners able to build a group of negotiators with credibility on both sides who can end the war.” That’s true of the Ukranain war & the Burmese crisis.

As I think about addressing those challenges, I am reminded of Prof Elise Boulding of Dartmouth College.

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…..I hope LILDS gets a chance to tell you about his promise “to deliver more books in place of guns.” Eliana Alves Cruz, an award-winning author, cautions, “we are going to have double the work to get it out of young people’s head that they must defend life with force & instead do so with the force of words.”…..

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…I was most impressed with the way that you handled the “outbursts, jeers & peals of mocking laughter” with a smile & a come-back.  I think you convinced anyone who was watching that you are still sharp & committed to leading us toward a brighter future….

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…Are you ready for your big night? According to Jeff Nussbaum making big speeches is old hat for you. He noted that you have been “remarkably consistent over a very long career” in the way you articulate your values….

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The Earthquake in Turkey & Syria sounds devastating. I wonder how this will affect Erdoğan (TE)….

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…It’s probably best to avoid the issue of immigration….The border is a mess. Dreamers still dream. Busloads of asylum seekers are being dumped in front of KDH’s house….

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…What is up with this Chinese balloon? If it were a spy tool, don’t you think they’d have a more discreet device? What could the balloon see that a satellite can’t see?…

Did you get a smile out of the news about Punxsutawney Phil’s shadow? Isn’t it nice to have some levity nowadays?…

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…As you lift people up, please acknowledge Patricia Okker, whose contract as President of New College was just terminated. She spoke out yesterday saying that her faculty were NOT indoctrinating students. It’s troubling that DeSantis is attacking the intellectuals….

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…Are you following the situation at New College in FL where Gov DeSantis (RDD) has installed new board members to lead an effort “to provide an alternative for conservative families in the state of Florida to say there is a public university that reflects your values?”…

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“what cans’t thou do?”

            That is the question I was seeking to answer in 1992 when folks in LA were rioting after the acquittal of the officers involved in the Rodney King beating….

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Your public schedule is not up to date, so I have no idea what you are doing at Camp David today. The Washington Times speculates you went there to distance yourself from the classified documents crisis….

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…It seems folks managed to enJOY the Lunar New Year event at the WH yesterday despite their sorrow over the shootings in Monterey Park & Half Moon Bay. As you well know, one of the challenges of life is vacillating between moments of grief & pleasure…

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…Speaking of challenges, the latest news from Myanmar is that the farmers in northern Shan are growing poppies again….

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…I can easily imagine myself at the ballroom immersed in the pleasure of movement. It’s chilling to think that a place of joy is now a place of sorrow….

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