democracy
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Truth Has No Defense
Mark Twain once wrote, “Truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie.” I interpret this to mean we have no escape from the untruthful beliefs of Donald Trump – that he is the best, the smartest, the most popular president the U.S. has ever seen; that his ideas are the ones Continue reading
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Fiddling While Rome Burns
Trump has surpassed $26 million dollars in taxpayer money spent golfing already this term. March 29 was Trump’s 18th day spent golfing since he was sworn in on Jan. 20. He has, so far, according to HuffPost, spent more than a quarter of his second term golfing. 18 golf dates ÷ 69 days = 26% Continue reading
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Please See Us!
The United States are not united. This administration does not speak for the majority of Americans. The majority of the American people are shocked at what is happening to our country, to our neighbors, to our allies, to ourselves. We are reeling with disbelief at the tide of hate, greed and corruption that is being Continue reading
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Oh, Canada!
How embarrassing. We will shortly be Zooming with good friends from Toronto with whom we have much history around serving others on humanitarian missions at home and abroad. We know each other’s children and families and have hosted each other in our homes many times over the years. We watched Bishop Marianne Edgar Budde’s plea Continue reading
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Light One Candle
I grew up in South Florida where the difference between the number of hours of light in the day did not change so drastically from summer to winter as it does here in New England. Ditto the temperature from season to season. The fall was not heralded by wild displays of color in the trees Continue reading
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