A good discussion last night on the writings of Martin Buber. Here are some samples from Buber’s book, Ich und Du. The German renders the title better than the English title of I and Thou. Thou in English is sonorous, off putting, with religious connotations from the King James Bible. In German, Du connotes…
As consciousness dawned this morning, from the clock radio came these sounds of exhortation: “It’s the Mackay-in-the-morning show at 95.9, The River… — followed by the harmonious voices, a choir singing acappella the Rolling Stones anthem You can’t always get what you want.” I rose and thought to myself, “How perfect.” What better battle…
The Night of Broken Glass. Anyone who reads or hears that word ought to shudder, tremble with dread. I offer this statement of yesterday by former Governor of California, Republican, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Nothing need be added by way of comment to these words. If you page down to the commentary affixed to the Youtube…
The body politic twists, wracked from the clarity of what must be done, distended in a contrary direction by a customary shape-shifting accommodation. Thus the odds are long that a decisive, kill-stroke will be delivered to the personification of anti-truth that looms over us… Trump and his acolytes, either costumed and embellished with facial…
Still reeling from the events of Wednesday. An armed mob, incited by the President of the United States, stormed the Capitol, roamed the halls of Congress, looting and posing for selfies with police officers. This was the attempted murder of our democracy. Not simply a lunatic fringe, a few extremists getting out of hand,…
I awoke at 5:50AM a few minutes before the alarm would have aroused me from slumber. In the darkness my first thoughts were that Friday is a nice day, I have a fine vantage point to observe the demise of our democracy, our civil society. Two days in the aftermath of a failed coup,…
I am numb after viewing the rampage of thousands of Trumpers around and inside of the Capitol building yesterday. A mob of thousands gathered from throughout the country, listened to their revered leader Trump instruct them to storm the Capitol. They proceeded accordingly. It is beyond belief this was a spur of the moment…
I awakened to the news that the Democrats appear to have won the Georgia runoffs. That means that control of the Senate passes from the Trump Party to the Democrats. The new Biden Administration stymied at every turn by a Republican controlled Senate would have been a nightmare four years in duration. For me…
I want to do things that I did when I was sixteen. I would spend hours walking in the woods, in any season. I carried a Mars Chocolate Bar in one pocket, my hunting knife on my belt, my 22 rifle in my hand, and a box of 50 shells in the other pocket. …
The day begins in darkness. That is not new. What is new is the effort of the President of the United States to overthrow the result of the election. The days ahead will be critical. And what of the seventy two million who offered him their votes, who believe the Presidents version of “reality?” …
