Dear President Trump, The air has finally cleared here and we have been getting little smatterings of rain. I know a few days of normal weather don't mean there's nothing to worry about but it is nice to have a respite from the heat and smoke. I'm especially aware of our relative good fortune here … Continue reading American Studies
Immigration
It’s still raining ash here
Dear President Trump, It's still raining ash here. When I look out the window and soft focus my eyes on the middle distance I can see a fine, fine sifting of ash coming down. I keep looking at the pavement hoping to see that it's really rain, but it's not. I even went outside just … Continue reading It’s still raining ash here
A hard, sad day
Dear President Trump, It's been an incredibly hard, sad day and I'm not even directly affected by the worst of what you did today. I don't think I've got it in me to string together a coherent statement that is even remotely clever so I'm just going to list all the things I'm feeling sad … Continue reading A hard, sad day
You propped the door wide open for tyranny
Dear President Trump, Your decision yesterday to grant Mr. Arpaio a presidential pardon for his criminal contempt conviction has me feeling disgusted and frightened. Others have called you out on this ably and I think ultimately it will be another nail in your coffin and will help seal your fate as the most reviled president … Continue reading You propped the door wide open for tyranny
White people may be the equivalent of kudzu
Dear President Trump, In our backyard every spring we have hundreds of volunteer blue bells and every summer we have dozens of rose campions. Both are pretty and both are noxious invasive species that serious gardeners do their best to eradicate. Invasive species, whether plant or animal, are huge problems in lots of ecosystems as … Continue reading White people may be the equivalent of kudzu
Dual citizenship
Dear President Trump, How was your 4th of July? Mine was pretty mixed. We have a tradition of having people over on the 4th for a potluck and then most of us walk to the park across the street where we can see fireworks off in the distance. We had our party, as usual, and … Continue reading Dual citizenship
A heavy-hearted rant
Dear President Trump, I love this line by Samantha Bee's head writer, Jo Miller: "I feel a rant coming on..." There's more to the sentence, but this part says it all for me. Nearly every day for the last 100+ days I've had rants wash over and through me and I don't see them stopping … Continue reading A heavy-hearted rant
I’m nervous about your speech tomorrow
Dear President Trump, How's it going? Are you nervous about your speech tomorrow? I'm nervous about your speech tomorrow. What you say, the tone you use, how well prepared you seem are all going to be parsed by so many people with so many different agendas it is mind boggling and pretty scary. In my … Continue reading I’m nervous about your speech tomorrow
Terrorism or gun control – it should be an easy choice
Dear President Trump, I bet you are pretty disappointed that Khalid Masood was British born and not from one of the six countries still on your Muslim-ban wish-list. Yes, I am relieved that he was British born, though not surprised since it is far more likely that someone who was born in the EU or … Continue reading Terrorism or gun control – it should be an easy choice
Your karma needs all the help it can get
Dear President Trump, I think others have tried to explain how you use fake news to us before, but it wasn't until I was puzzling (again) over the apparently irrational and stupid claim that the British secret service was involved in wiretapping you that I finally understood what you are doing. Basically, no matter how … Continue reading Your karma needs all the help it can get
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