Dear President Trump, You know, sometimes it takes all day for whatever it is I’m going to write you about to percolate up to the surface and sometimes I’m at loose ends until a late story finally grabs my attention. Today it was the latter situation; when I heard about the ridiculous word ban you … Continue reading You can’t erase us
Critical Thinking
I prefer typing directly to you in your space
Dear President Trump, Geez, what is with the new contact page set up? It's like you set it up yourself for small children who are just learning to write, which if it really were for children to write to you would be a nice thing, but it’s quite a poor set up for adults who … Continue reading I prefer typing directly to you in your space
Treatise
(sent in 5 parts) Dear President Trump, I don’t normally write you in the middle of the day on weekdays, but I’m home sick and thus not on the Federal clock. Since I’m not as time pressured as usual, I decided to take this opportunity to go back to the document I started on November … Continue reading Treatise
Harmonious balance isn’t harmonious or balanced if it’s static
Dear President Trump, Sometimes magic 8-balls keep giving different answers to the same question and sometimes the same answer keeps coming up no matter what the question is. These maddening patterns are probably just due to chance or the quite limited number of “answers” housed in whatever that weird liquid inside the balls is, but … Continue reading Harmonious balance isn’t harmonious or balanced if it’s static
We already are crazy people
Dear President Trump, From the WP this evening: “North Korea is looming large,” (Senator) Graham said. “We’d look like crazy people to shut down the government in light of all of our problems.” Yep. He's got it almost right, but I don't think he goes far enough. We already are crazy people. The threat of … Continue reading We already are crazy people
You all are squaring up for an incredible two-fer
(had to send it two installments) Dear President Trump, So, at the outset here, I really can't square what I am going to say to you today with yesterday's idea that we are on an inexorable arc toward true justice and peace. Maybe by the end of this letter I'll have found a way, but … Continue reading You all are squaring up for an incredible two-fer
“Women are very special”
Dear President Trump, There is really no good reason to closely parse anything you say since you don't ever pay close attention to anything you say and pretty much everything coming out of your mouth is an empty platitude or a dog whistle. But I can't help myself today. In their coverage of the press … Continue reading “Women are very special”
Basically, it’s a mess
Dear President Trump, We'll see how it ends up playing out, but it was interesting and frankly quite awful to learn today that Leann Tweeden is a regular on Sean Hannity's show, that the USO skit she said Franken modified to include a kiss had the kiss bit in it three years before they performed … Continue reading Basically, it’s a mess
Dumb and primitive
Dear President Trump, Isn't it interesting how primitive we are when it comes to how we respond when one of our own vs. an enemy is found to have messed up? Granted, some of us are more primitive than others of us when it comes to these situations, but really, I think we all initially … Continue reading Dumb and primitive
Words matter
Dear President Trump, Maggie Smith (still my new favorite poet) has a generous blog where she's posted dozens of her poems. Usually I can't anticipate what a poem is about from reading the title, but there is one in the list that I knew I knew from the title exactly what is was going to … Continue reading Words matter
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