Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts: Where Are We Now, and What Can We Do About It?
“Washington, D.C. is twelve square miles bordered by reality.”
–President Andrew Johnson
Well, the impeachment trial is mercifully over, and I suspect most of us are glad for that. I also suspect that most of you, as do I, have an opinion on Mr. Trump’s complicity, or lack thereof, in the events of January 6. I don’t want to debate that issue on these pages, but I do have a couple of […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Don’t We Deserve the Truth?
“You want answers? … I want the truth! … You can’t handle the truth.”
–from A Few Good Men
President Biden spent the lion’s share of the presidential campaign bunkered in his basement and castigating Mr. Trump for his management of the Covid pandemic. Give him credit: it worked.
When he won the election, I was at least hopeful that a moderate president with a less inflammatory personality would […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Ready for a “Feel Good” Story?
“Be the person your dog thinks you are.”
–J.W. Stephens
Whew; what we’ve been through since the presidential election! Don’t get me wrong, it’s not exactly equivalent to the Brits enduring the Nazi Blitz or the Chinese government’s detention of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.
It was unsettling, nonetheless, to witness a mob of angry Americans breaking into the seat of our government and, now, the ongoing political bickering back […]
Tuesday Thoughts: What’s Wrong with Washington, and Right with America?
Lucy: “I’ll hold the ball, Charlie Brown, and you come running up and kick it”…Charlie: “Every year she pulls the same trick on me!”
–from the Peanuts football comic strip (Charles Schulz)
Recent events in Washington, D.C. and Hong Kong compelled me to change today’s post to discuss both.
To see what’s wrong with Washington, D.C., look no further than Congress and its handling of the most recent stimulus […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Where Are We Now, and What Can We Do About It?
“Washington, D.C. is twelve square miles bordered by reality.”
–President Andrew Johnson
Well, the impeachment trial is mercifully over, and I suspect most of us are glad for that. I also suspect that most of you, as do I, have an opinion on Mr. Trump’s complicity, or lack thereof, in the events of January 6. I don’t want to debate that issue on these pages, but I do have a couple of […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Don’t We Deserve the Truth?
“You want answers? … I want the truth! … You can’t handle the truth.”
–from A Few Good Men
President Biden spent the lion’s share of the presidential campaign bunkered in his basement and castigating Mr. Trump for his management of the Covid pandemic. Give him credit: it worked.
When he won the election, I was at least hopeful that a moderate president with a less inflammatory personality would […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Ready for a “Feel Good” Story?
“Be the person your dog thinks you are.”
–J.W. Stephens
Whew; what we’ve been through since the presidential election! Don’t get me wrong, it’s not exactly equivalent to the Brits enduring the Nazi Blitz or the Chinese government’s detention of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.
It was unsettling, nonetheless, to witness a mob of angry Americans breaking into the seat of our government and, now, the ongoing political bickering back […]
Tuesday Thoughts: What’s Wrong with Washington, and Right with America?
Lucy: “I’ll hold the ball, Charlie Brown, and you come running up and kick it”…Charlie: “Every year she pulls the same trick on me!”
–from the Peanuts football comic strip (Charles Schulz)
Recent events in Washington, D.C. and Hong Kong compelled me to change today’s post to discuss both.
To see what’s wrong with Washington, D.C., look no further than Congress and its handling of the most recent stimulus […]