199.
199. It’s a number that jumped out at me while watching NBC Nightly News last night. According to Gun Violence Archive, there have been 199 mass shootings so far this…
Now, the wait.
I’m sitting on a TV set right now. I’ll be here for six hours today. It’s not heavy lifting. The meteorologists are doing that. I’m just sitting here to keep…
Saying Goodbye
I have to tell you that I’m a little bleary eyed from watching the BBC. I’ve been on it the entire weekend. I’m still watching it now. We decided to…
An impressive goodbye.
I’m still stuck watching the BBC. I guess I will be doing that until the Queen’s funeral on Monday. It really has been something to see. The thousands of people…
Thinking about Queen Elizabeth.
I wasn’t going to write a blog post today, but the breaking news caused me to rethink that. As I write this, there is great concern about the health of…
Something else lost.
I think we will spend many, many years learning how the Covid pandemic upended our society. We lost so many lives. We know that. It’s the other things that we…
Gorbachev.
When the news came across my phone yesterday that Mikhail Gorbachev had died, I got a little nostalgic. Gorbachev was the last leader of the old Soviet Union. He brought…
I doubt we see much.
I’m wondering if this is what we are going to see when the redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit is finally released. Just a lot of blacked out words and lines. A judge…
I was wrong. (And other things.)
I remember the days when you waited until after Labor Day to start your political campaign for a November election. Not anymore. It’s the morning after the primary. I was…
Primary Election Day.
It’s primary Election Day in Florida. So far, it’s been a rough and tumble season. The political ads have been tough. Really tough. One of the big decisions to be…