Friday, March 20, 2009

A Commander-in-Chief's Teachable Moment


One American president’s thoughtless verbal miscalculation undoubtedly cost lives and may have prolonged a war; it took years for the POTUS to acknowledge the consequences of his “bring it on” taunt hurled at terrorist enemies in the heat of a deadly war. The latest example of conversational fallibility by a Commander-in-Chief no doubt disappointed millions and genuinely wounded the sensibilities of some (I doubt Governor Palin was among them.) Obama’s Special Olympics gaffe was followed by an immediate and unqualified public apology, and seems likely to result in a number of beneficial, if unintended, consequences. So far as I am aware, no grieving family or mother, and certainly not Cindy Sheehan, has received a similar act of civility and compassion from Bush.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

midnite/epiphany

dropping off to sleep with less than 3 hours before the alarm will sound I immediately begin dreaming and find myself in the midst of a mass of warm exciting bodies gyrating as one at a dance party/rave... it took me back to the night at Fort Collins in the mid-60s when I...