2/15/2023

…How are you feeling about Diane Feinstein’s announcement? …when you call her to congratulate her on her career, please add my thanks for blazing a trail for women in the Senate.

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2/13/2023

…Did you notice the play when the KC offensive line did a circle dance around Mahomes (PM) before running to their spots? That’s PM’s brilliance. Who knew that football could be the site for creative genius?…

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2/12/2023

…It looks like you and the 31 governors who dined with you at the WH last night had a nice time. I appreciated your sentiment, “it’s hard to hate up close.”…

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2/11/2023

…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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2/10/2023

…..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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2/8/2023

…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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2/7/2023

…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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2/5/2023

…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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2/4/2023

…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?…

2/3/2023

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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2/1/2023

…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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1/30/2023

…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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1/29/2023

“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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