Dear President Trump, Normally during Lent I focus on giving up one of the many habits I’m not especially proud of and I am working on one this year (refraining from self-promotion that’s driven by insecurity), but I realized this morning I also need an active Lenten practice that’s doing something and not just refraining … Continue reading Imagine
1945/2018
Dear President Trump, Has the confluence of Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday made it into your awareness? Even though you aren’t especially religious and you don’t seem at all spiritual, you are probably still tracking that today is Ash Wednesday and it’s impossible to miss Valentine’s Day in the US. I just read that the … Continue reading 1945/2018
Moral quandaries are us
Dear President Trump, Last week there were pieces in the WP about two people who quit their jobs and I would really like to get them together for one of those “Table for Three” conversations that Philip Galanes hosts for the NYT. The people are Jordon Dyrdahl-Roberts and Rachel Brand. You likely know who Brand … Continue reading Moral quandaries are us
We are all in this together
Dear President Trump, You are likely not tracking that today is the one-year anniversary of when I started writing to you. It’s no doubt just a coincidence, but today someone on your correspondence team sent me another “Response to Your Message” email, so thanks for the quasi-anniversary note. I don’t think it’s a real response … Continue reading We are all in this together
Stop defending the indefensible
Dear President Trump, You are certainly getting a crash course on the myriad ways that patriarchy and misogyny play out in the lives of women and men, and sadly, infuriatingly, you are failing miserably. At every turn you have given the exact wrong answers, like you looked at the multiple choice options and said to … Continue reading Stop defending the indefensible
People do look to you
Dear President Trump, Sadly, even though most adults in the US know not to invest any time wondering why you are so one-sided in your defense of Rob Porter, there are still millions of people, chief among them Republican women, who are probably deeply, negatively affected by it. They look to you as their Leader-in-Chief … Continue reading People do look to you
Domestic violence is rightly part of the conversation now
Dear President Trump, I haven’t seen the pictures yet of you sitting at your pristine (no-real-work-ever-gets-done) desk signing the budget, but I’m sure those images will make the rounds. What we won’t see are the lumps in the rug and the straining closet doors where you hid the mess. And I bet there was more … Continue reading Domestic violence is rightly part of the conversation now
A handy tool of mass destruction
Dear President Trump, Where to begin? You know how in the “olden days” when people (mostly white people) thought it was just fine to dump all their sewer and garbage in whatever waterway they happened to be near or over the edge of a cliff not too far away? Well, aside from this still being … Continue reading A handy tool of mass destruction
You do not get to win this
Dear President Trump, This week I’ve felt even more impacted than usual by your “Shock and Benumb” tactics. “Oh, he’s saying he’d love the government to shut down so he can blame the Democrats.” Hmm. Shrug. “Gosh, the stock market is thrashing around and there’s just the sound of crickets emanating from the White House.” … Continue reading You do not get to win this
Treason 101
Dear President Trump, I suppose one plus of your presidency is that we now have so very many reasons to want (and need) to revisit old civics and government lessons. For example, reading Derek Hawkins’s history lesson on treason this morning in the WP I learned that the constitution framers were careful to delineate treason … Continue reading Treason 101
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