Dear President Trump, I'm betting you are thanking your sick lucky stars for Sayfullo Saipov and his horrible, murderous attack yesterday in NYC since all the coverage of the Mueller indictments slipped below the fold. Don’t get too comfortable though -- Mueller is clearly just getting started. Did you see in the paper today that … Continue reading We have to be relentless
Month: November 2017
Vital statistics
Dear President Trump, So, so much going on, it is incredibly hard to know where to shine the light. I think I'll start with a sweet thing. Two weeks ago my daughter lost her wallet when she was in Boston and today she got a little package in the mail from someone in Boston with … Continue reading Vital statistics
The wonderful, radical Peruvian beauty pageant
Dear President Trump, I missed an incredibly fantastic angle when I wrote you yesterday about the radical Peruvian beauty pageant contestants. It must have galled you as a former beauty pageant owner and unabashed misogynist that they used this venue where women are traditionally treated as so much eye candy for men and turned it … Continue reading The wonderful, radical Peruvian beauty pageant
A dangerous, dangerous dynamic
Dear President Trump, Apparently we are just two or three weeks away from Mueller having you and Mr. Pence in for questioning. If you don't fire him between now and then, that is. I've tried to imagine what that scenario would be like, you firing him, I mean, and it gives me such bad willies … Continue reading A dangerous, dangerous dynamic
f*** your thoughts and prayers
Dear President Trump, You know by now that I put a great deal of stock into the idea that loving thoughts and prayers are important and potentially powerful, but I have to tell you, when it comes to the inane, cowardly phrase "our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of this terrible tragedy" I … Continue reading f*** your thoughts and prayers
Breathe in suffering, breathe out peace
Dear President Trump, Like most people, I well understand that good news doesn't sell and thus our news outlets focus almost exclusively on bad news, the badder the better. To most news organizations you probably seem sent from the profit heavens above. There's not a part of our collective existence you and your swampy appointees … Continue reading Breathe in suffering, breathe out peace
We get more of what we tolerate
Dear President Trump, This is super simple, simple enough for a second grader to grasp; 1) people (usually men) sometimes attack and hurt other people; 2) people (usually men) sometimes kill people; 3) people with access to guns are more likely to kill people when they attack them than if they used their fists or … Continue reading We get more of what we tolerate
We can’t let up for a second
Dear President Trump, There's a lot of excitement and relief coming over the liberal airwaves after yesterday's victories for Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey. Predictably you came out all peevish, blaming the Virginia loser, Gillespie for not "embracing" you fully even though he duly aped all your divisive, hateful rhetoric. I don’t really understand … Continue reading We can’t let up for a second
We need to be safe to do our thing
Dear President Trump, I've told you before how I run early in the morning, but what I haven't shared is how careful I am to cross the street if I see a man up ahead, to stay within certain geographic bounds so as to avoid going anywhere near the frat houses down by the U, … Continue reading We need to be safe to do our thing
They berate themselves for not seeing the signs
Dear President Trump, Ironically, I'm not working today because it’s Veterans' Day (observed). I've been thinking, though, of how the opportunities and motives for men to abuse and sexually harass women I've laid out recently overlap with what my women patients at the VA have told me over the years. Those who enlisted in the … Continue reading They berate themselves for not seeing the signs
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