There is no better way to say this than this mother did in a letter to her sons: I raised you to value honesty, fairness, and equality, to respect the law, to seek the truth, to feel empathy towards others, to work hard for your own, your family’s, and your community’s benefit, to distinguish right …
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If Memory Serves
Trump is not running for the country, Trump is running to stay out of jail. A Republican judge pushed his charges and indictments to be dealt with after the election. Theoretically, so as not to look “political.” The truth of the matter is that if Trump is reelected as President of the United States, he …
Repost From Richard Haass
This was a blog recently received, written by Richard Haass. You can find his Substack at https://substack.com/home/post/p-150424669?source=queue&autoPlay=false. Seems relevant: ——————— Opaque (October 25, 2024) Welcome to Home & Away. There are weeks when everything that needs to be said has pretty much been said, and this feels like one of them. So, we will keep this …
The Time Has Come!
Our presidential election is right around the corner. This election will affect the entire future of this country. Were Trump to be reelected as President of the United States, the chances of his survival, either mentally or physically, are slim. Should he not survive if in office, JD Vance, his Vice President, would become President …
Long May We Endure
The United States is 248 years old, and we are once again facing the dangerous dissolution of our democracy. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln addressed the nation with the following words: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that …
Oh My God
This is a blog by Heather Cox Richardson (https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com) posted on October 13, which ought to be of interest to anyone going to the polls to vote: “He is the most dangerous person ever. I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now I realize he’s a …
Decency Matters
Something has gone agley with America. Certainly the founding fathers never dreamt that crooks and criminals would dominate the government of the United States. How naive it was to think that only decent people who believed in the democracy and who wanted to do the best for the country, that they would be the dominant …
Child Care
Kamala Harris on a recent TV interview spoke of the problems women face in trying to take care of their young children, and at the same time, to hold a job. The woman in question needs the job to be able to afford rent and food. Why does not every office building have a childcare …
Sunny Side of the Street
This city seems to come up with one more stupid idea after another. The very latest is to get rid of the parking in NYC. Per parking spot, the city would lose a total of around $25,000 per year from the elimination of the spot – multiply that by, let’s say, 1,200 parking spots, and …
God’s Green Acre
For several years on 53rd Street and Park Avenue, the entire block has been trashed. A perfectly beautiful apartment building was torn down, presumably to be replaced by something. However, the years have passed and it has been replaced by nothing. It is incomprehensible that the city does not at least turn this empty eyesore …