No doubt there are numerous great quotations from throughout history that I’ve not seen before, but I continue to be surprised by the prescience of Americans almost 150 years ago. This time it’s Ulysses S. Grant, famed Union general during the Civil War and first president elected to succeed Abraham Lincoln. Yes, Andrew Johnson, Lincoln’s … Continue reading President Ulysses S. Grant was prescient
Two scarlet letters for Donald Trump are meaningless. So what if the history books can note that he’s the only president in history to be impeached twice? Impeachment is little more than Congressional name-calling and Trump has been called names before. Often. Throughout his life. Impeachment is just an ugly brand, and it’s not even … Continue reading Scarlet letters not enough
I found this photo on Westword, Denver’s alternative newspaper. The accompanying article, “Worst Arguments From the Denver Gazette’s Trump Endorsement,” had drawn me there, but the photo really spoke volumes. I’d wanted to see what the Colorado Springs Gazette said in its endorsement of Trump but I was blocked by a paywall. The Westword story … Continue reading How to get your message across … or not
The sky was as full of motion and change as the desert beneath it was monotonous and still — and there was so much sky, more than at sea, more than anywhere else in the world. The plain was there, under one’s feet, but what one saw when one looked about was that brilliant blue … Continue reading The floor of the sky
A disputed island in the Bay of Bengal has disappeared. The tiny island, claimed for years by both India and Bangladesh, is now completely under water according to recent satellite images. Rising seas, a result of global warming say scientists, have completely covered the island that rose no more than six feet above sea level … Continue reading Global warming or not, it’s gone
