February 22, 2021 If pain for peace prepares…~Emily Dickinson In my opinion, I shouldn’t have pain. Or at least, I shouldn’t have pain anymore. I’m speaking of physical pain. The ouch kind. As in, take a step, OUCH. Repeat repeat repeat. That walking pain gets old after a month, a year, several years. I can’t […]
The Pleasures of the Palace
February 20, 2021 Once upon a time, when the world was awash in common sense, courage, and camaraderie, there was pleasure to be had in the ordinary interactions of our lives. A routine trip to Costco could bring joy. “Oh, look! It’s nearly Spring, there are mystery-color iris bulbs in bulk. There are early Easter […]
Auld Friends
February 19, 2021 Oh, the minefields we tread these days. I’m fresh back from a prickly coffee date with a very old friend, someone I’ve known nearly half my 60-something life. It actually wasn’t prickly until he brought up the V word. I had determined beforehand that I would not breathe a word about V, […]
Philanthropy for Profit: The Instance of Bill Gates
Bill Gates and Neo-Feudalism: A Closer Look at Farmer Bill Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., February 18, 2021, The Defender (https://tinyurl.com/1j3th95g) Bill Gates has quietly made himself the largest owner of farmland in the United States. For a man obsessed with monopoly control, the opportunity to also dominate food production must seem irresistible. “Gates has a […]
The Accidental Patriot
February 14, 2021 I’ve never considered myself particularly to be a Patriot. Sure, singing the Star-Spangled Banner or God Bless America can bring a tear to my eye and a lump to my throat. But a Patriot with a capital P? Not on my radar. Until now. The other day I was thinking the usual […]
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