They are trying again, trying to avoid a partial government shutdown by Friday and trying to prevent 700,000 non-citizen Americans, resident here since infancy, from being exiled to some strange country where they neither speak the language nor have means for survival. They are trying to refund the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The well…
The controversy rolls on in reference to the President’s profane characterization of the inhabitants of Haiti and of the African nations. Today when questioned the Secretary of DHS Kristen Nielsen said that she did not hear the vulgar language that others heard the President say. She was in the room. All she heard was…
I’ve been looking at the box of books on my “to read” list. I buy books, one or even two or three at a time. One book leads to another and another. This has been the story of my life for many years. I have subjects of interest that I’ve revisited over and over,…
The sun shines with morning brilliance. Deep winter reigns over the landscape with close to zero temps at 9AM. The end table of Starbucks seating area is ideal for surveying the hubbub of coming and going, conversations between pairs of individuals at single tables, to the long table at the far end of the…
Here I am twelve hours later at Starbucks, 4PM. I awakened at 4AM giving up on the endeavor of normal sleep, acceding to my restlessness. I got up, and read for a while; then prepared for a day of work. Was it the late evening cup of caffeinated coffee? Maybe the excitement of our…
I have friends who believe that strict adherence to a strict interpretation of the US Constitution is all that is needed to fix what is wrong with our society. I resist that position on many accounts. A visceral scream rises within my psyche at this proposal. That notion is the analogue of the Biblical…
Wednesday is another gray day. It is somewhat warmer, 18 degrees. It is snowing outside. A giant nor’easter is hammering the east coast today with wind, freezing rain and ice from Florida to the Carolinas. The meteorologists are warning of up to six inches of snow into New England. Climate change, what climate change…..?…
Friday morning at Baptist Health here in Louisville. I didn’t expect to be here at this time. Yesterday I received word that our daughter lost the baby that was due in another month. The news came as a shock, a lightning strike on a clear day. The pregnancy had proceeded normally with regular checkups. …
What do you want? The thought came this morning while reading. I am looking forward to the start of a new year of philosophical work with friends. That seems to be the only way to understand what it is that I want from life….. I have concluded that I need help, that working on…
A seasonal light blanket of snow fell yesterday. The cold has arrived. The seasons continue as they have before humans were around to mark the passage of time, or even to conceive of time. If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around…… (A Christmas joke for Gary.) These photo’s were…
