Dear President Trump, So it appears we are pseudo pen-pals now that there is an auto-reply function attached to this contact page sending polite thank you notes to us odd-balls sending you our thoughts. I wasn't sure yesterday if this was a one-off but now that it's happened twice, it seems I'll have another piece … Continue reading Helps me deal with the reality of you
Engagement
“How dreary to be somebody!”
Dear President Trump, I got back yesterday from DC where I was helping review grants for NIAAA. One of the highlights of these trips is spending time with older scientists who are done trying to make a name for themselves and are doing this to give back and contribute their hard won wisdom to the … Continue reading “How dreary to be somebody!”
Nascent soul searching
Dear President Trump, I hope you were able to take some time to enjoy your birthday today. I'm guessing it was probably challenging and you may not have felt much like celebrating given all the awful things that happened. When the Waco siege and the Oklahoma bombing happened on my birthday just two years apart … Continue reading Nascent soul searching
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
Tilting at the windmill of your presidency
Dear President Trump, Before I started sending you LKM blessings every day, I had joked with a couple of people about doing so, in part to see what it felt like to say it out loud and in part to gauge their reactions. I started with people who know how LKM is traditionally used because … Continue reading Tilting at the windmill of your presidency
She stayed
Dear President Trump, When I wrote yesterday about the lethal attack by Jeremy Christian in Portland, I was primarily focused on my sense that his actions were fueled by the permission you've given white supremacists. This needs to be called out as the sneaky "who me?" bullying it truly is. Fortunately though, Christian and those … Continue reading She stayed
Access is key
Dear President Trump, Fairness and equity are or are not realized and enacted for all sorts of reasons, but one of the most critical is access. Nearly all of the problems I laid out yesterday about our electoral process have to do with access and how it is manipulated by a small moneyed group. Therefore, … Continue reading Access is key
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