Dear President Trump, I just read a short piece on the “Fourth Turning” and Bannon’s fascination with the thesis that history cycles predictably and that we are headed toward an inevitable fracturing of society that will require some sort of visionary superman to navigate through the chaos. I’m not going to dignify the 4th-turning ideas … Continue reading How will YOU personally benefit?
Month: April 2017
Why does your contact page care what my name is?
Dear President Trump, I paused for a few minutes after opening the site to send you a message to read something on another site and when I got back, the "First Name" box was outlined in bold red lines and the text read "FIRST NAME FIELD IS REQUIRED." There wasn't an exclamation point, but it … Continue reading Why does your contact page care what my name is?
We are on to you two
Dear President Trump, I'm relieved other people with much more visibility than I'll ever have are asking out loud why you made such a dramatic turn-around in bombing Syria and whether it was motivated by a desire to put distance between your White House and Russia. I was feeling worried yesterday morning when most of … Continue reading We are on to you two
How vigorously righteous you look
Dear President Trump, You are getting a lot of props for launching nearly 60 missiles at an air base in Syria. All sorts of people are coming out saying you did the right thing by taking powerful action that communicates a strong message to Assad and also to Iran and North Korea. How vigorously righteous … Continue reading How vigorously righteous you look
Scared witless, early to middle-stage dementia, or both
Dear President Trump, For the most part I have avoided watching your press conferences or reading your speeches and interviews. They are so painful to witness because I disagree with you on the content so profoundly and I find them embarrassing. Yesterday though, I ended up watching your press conference with King Abdullah and reading … Continue reading Scared witless, early to middle-stage dementia, or both
The lure of impersonal violence
Dear President Trump, This morning I included in my loving-kindness blessings the young African student featured in the NYT yesterday who was attacked and beaten by a mob in India and then I included the people in the mob who attacked him. Thinking about the individuals who comprised the mob led me to consider how … Continue reading The lure of impersonal violence
If Hillary had won…
Dear President Trump, It remains to be seen whether there will be hard evidence confirming that you and your campaign colluded with Russia to throw the election (or elections). It's looking that way but we'll see. Should it come to pass that such evidence is uncovered I will be hard pressed to say which downstream … Continue reading If Hillary had won…
True strength, elaborated
Later.... P.S. This list of markers of true strength is going to be a work in progress over time as different facets occur to me. Because I don’t want to risk losing track of them by waiting until tomorrow or some other day down the road, here are a few more important aspects of true … Continue reading True strength, elaborated
True strength
Dear President Trump, When I say a loving-kindness prayer for myself and people other than you, I always include the word "strong" when I send the intention for health so that the phrase is "May you be healthy and strong." I haven't been saying that to you because I've been concerned that your conceptualization of … Continue reading True strength
It’s like the house next door is on fire
Dear President Trump, I really don't like waiting until the very end of the day to write to you. I much prefer getting it over with first thing in the morning because I'm mentally and emotionally freer the rest of the day. Unfortunately though, even when I do write you in the morning my thoughts … Continue reading It’s like the house next door is on fire
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