This past week's reads
PLUS: The outrage over the border and immigration
It’s Friday, which means that Teddy and Tucker get their weekly scoop of peanut butter!
In case you missed any of this past week’s essays, they are captured below.
Have a great weekend!
The wisdom of the trees
I went for a walk in the woods yesterday, and thought deeply. Everywhere there was life. The trees were beautiful, but also holy. Their tops veiled the sunlight from the forest floor as they touched the sky forming cathedrals of light, life and peace.
Monuments and men
What is the most beautiful building crafted by the hands of human beings that you have ever seen? For me, it is the United States Capitol. It has no peer. President Biden referred to it as the “citadel of democracy” after it was assaulted by a horde of disloyal Americans, who were incited by a faithless president who wanted power over constitutional pre…
What the abandonment of Ukraine will mean
Multitudes of Americans have forgotten something that was once known by most all in our country, and certainly understood by presidents of both parties. Take a look at this image: This is the USS Mai…
Mitch McConnell: nihilist
This afternoon, Mitch McConnell announced that he was stepping down as Senate minority leader at the end of his term. Below is my reaction to the news as discussed on Scripps News. I am also re-sharing an essay I wrote in August 2023 about the legacy of the man, entitled “Mitch McConnell: a small man when America needed a giant.”
"The last full measure of devotion"
I’m chilled thinking about the tens of thousands of dead Ukrainians who gave what Abraham Lincoln called “the last full measure of devotion” to their nation. The dead men and women lay down their lives so that their nation, homeland, language, traditions and sovereignty could simply exist, endure and survive.
VIDEO COMMENTARY: The outrage over the border and immigration
I wrap up this week by discussing Joe Biden and Donald Trump's visit to the border. Both men — the president and the deranged demagogue — visited America’s southern border, which can charitably be described as existing in a space between complete fiasco and utter clusterf@%k:
It's Friday which means ALL of us should be getting our weekly scoop of peanut butter (& chocolate!) Thanks for the adorable photo of Teddy and Tucker; I hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend :-)
Does anybody else see what I see: that Judge Scott McAfee of Fulton County, Georgia is a racist? It is crystal clear from the way he is treating Fani Willis in the hearing he is holding! What a fiasco!