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Tag Archives: Events of the Day
Democracy: I Did It
Specifically, I did the democracy thing the other day, on Saturday, when early voting started in New York State. I got to the polling place (a local community center) about ten minutes before it opened, and at that point there … Continue reading
“I’ve learned so much”
In Larry McMurtry’s great Western novel Lonesome Dove, for much of the novel the point of view changes between the main story (a group of Texas cattlemen leading their herds north for selling) and a secondary plot in which we … Continue reading
The Moment
Obviously there is zero chance that I will vote for anybody other than Joe Biden this November (or October, really–early voting, here I come!), but I do want to highlight this segment of his acceptance speech last night. How strange … Continue reading
Vice President Harris
I like the sound of that. Let’s go, Joe!
RIP, Pizza Hut
Every Pizza Hut restaurant in Western New York has permanently closed. I’m not going to pretend that this is a loss, except in the sense that this is a few hundred jobs down the drain. I worked for Pizza Hut … Continue reading
On Masks
So, among everything else, 2020 has become The Year We All Wear Masks. Or it should be that, but an awful lot of people are proving wildly resistant to the idea, on various bases. There are the always-entertaining libertarian types … Continue reading
4 July 2020
Of all Independence Days, this one is something else, isn’t it? I personally find it hard to celebrate this year, for oh so many reasons. About the most positive feeling I can muster this year is a grim resolve, the … Continue reading
Yes, #BlackLivesMatter
Well, you can’t escape what’s been going on. You can’t ignore it, short of completely disconnecting and retreating to the wilderness somewhere. And that’s the point, isn’t it? Anyone who has at least the possibility of escaping what’s going on, … Continue reading
Why he took the knee
Meanwhile, in America, yet another demonstration of why Colin Kaepernick took the knee, a simple act that got him run out of the NFL. He was right.
“It wasn’t a miracle. We just decided to go.”
That may be my favorite quote from the movie Apollo 13. Jim Lovell says it to his wife as they relax in their backyard, after all of their guests have gone home from their watch party for the Apollo 11 … Continue reading
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