The Election Industry
The election is over and done. We’ve sworn in the people who won. By week one or week two We’re at it anew. It’s courtship not marriage that’s fun. On December 1, 2022, the midterm election cycle ended with Raphael Warnock’s victory in the Georgia Senate runoff. I felt a sense of relief with the result and with the hope for at least a [...]
Is there really nothing we can do?
I had planned to post a different blog this weekend, but will defer to react to the comments by the Tennessee congressman the networks aired after the Nashville school tragedy. His assertion that there is nothing Congress can do to help alleviate this recurring national nightmare was by itself outrageous. “If there is nothing you are willing to try, then [...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Reminders on March 17 Oh, to be in Erin when the heather starts to bloom; young again together in the places we had been: round the Ring of Kerry, counting swans at Coole, on the Galway Hooker for a trip to Inishmore, on the Dart in Dublin that hugs its southern shore where the view above Killiney stirred my soul before. We’ll [...]
Let Freedom Ring
I wrote this poem because I believe we are at a pivotal moment of history. The war in Ukraine marks an inflection in the struggle between individual freedom and authoritarianism. One side or the other stands to be significantly diminished by its outcome. The war is not the only aspect of this struggle, clearly the current focus. As we anticipate the next brutal stage of [...]