Now that Trump is the official nominee for the GOP, and Clinton will be made official next week, for what it's worth, here's my take on all of this. With Trump winning as presumptive nominee in May, I realized that the only hope was for Hillary to be president. There are reasons Trump inspires a… Continue reading Why Hillary?
Memorial Day 2016
This Memorial Day weekend I am thinking about the men and women who died defending this great country of ours. Men and women from all races and religions. Immigrants and sons and daughters of immigrants. Descendants of the Mayflower and descendants of the first immigrants who crossed the Bering Strait 12,000 years ago. They died… Continue reading Memorial Day 2016
Song of the Queen Bee
This poem by EB White was published in The New Yorker in 1945. This is one of my favorite poems -- funny, but with stiletto-sharp social commentary. SONG OF THE QUEEN BEE EB White "The breeding of the bee, says a United States Department of Agriculture bulletin on artificial insemination, "has always been handicapped by… Continue reading Song of the Queen Bee