Dear President Trump, Since I'm sure you’ve been wondering (not), today's been a much better day and I'm back on a steady keel. It stopped raining long enough this afternoon that we got to take the dogs to the University's urban horticulture park on Lake Washington. On the way there we had an eagle escort … Continue reading Shameless
Bullying and Micro-aggressions
What is your end goal with North Korea?
Dear President Trump, I was just thinking about how I routinely get auto-reply messages after I submit manuscript reviews for journals, which I dutifully keep in case anyone ever questions my claim of having done X number of reviews in a given year. In the midst of this I realized I maybe should be keeping … Continue reading What is your end goal with North Korea?
He seemed completely unaware
Dear President Trump, We are in California for a week to tour colleges from San Francisco down to the LA area. Today was just a brief no-guide tour through the University of San Francisco and then a side trip to the Wharf to see the sea lions. There was a floating dock crammed full of … Continue reading He seemed completely unaware
What if only birds tweeted?
Dear President Trump, I bet you are at it again as far as saying outrageous things in the hopes we will be pulled to the over-the-top obnoxious, shiny bits you've tossed out and won't notice that you are doing something sleazy and sly somewhere else. I hope whatever it is you are up to isn't … Continue reading What if only birds tweeted?
What if we didn’t take the bait?
Dear President Trump, How do you do it? It's like you blow magic fairy dust in people's faces whenever you talk or tweet. Some of us find the dust supremely irritating and distressing while others can't get enough of it. Even when you are behaving really poorly, like mocking your opponents, blatantly contradicting yourself, or … Continue reading What if we didn’t take the bait?
Enriching the 1% doesn’t count as public service
Dear President Trump, Hmm. "WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY?" That's actually a really good question for this comment box. I've certainly been saying a lot of what I want to say to you each day, but I've been somewhat constrained by my own rules of engagement so I've not said everything I'd like to … Continue reading Enriching the 1% doesn’t count as public service
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 sick of this version of the story
Dear President Trump, You know how in the over-the-top evil villain kids' movies there's always incredibly unbelievable plot twists and turns to keep things moving and confusing and then at the end the big reveal is that it's some unimpressive little (as in short or totally loser-like) guy who comes out of nowhere who has … Continue reading I’m sick of this version of the story
Our arrogant, angry role model-in-chief
President Trump, Maybe tomorrow I'll put the "Dear" back in the salutation but I'm too angry tonight to have any unnecessary niceties mixed into my message to you. At the end of our walk tonight we were crossing a semi-busy street. There was no traffic within 2 blocks of us when we started across but … Continue reading Our arrogant, angry role model-in-chief
Thank you, Mr. McConnell, for being so upfront
Dear President Trump, You have a lot of people doing a lot of things for you. Spicer is your mouthpiece, channeling you and saying uninformed, inflammatory stuff to keep things chaotic and off-topic. Bannon is your local shadowy homunculus, master-minding the narratives and keeping you on point with your attacks and misdirections. Kushner is your … Continue reading Thank you, Mr. McConnell, for being so upfront
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