Sunday, September 21, 2025

A Call to You Democrats: Stop Agonizing About Liberalism

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All this angst about the capability of liberalism in the face of growing fascism: it’s time to set aside liberalism and replace it with prag...
Friday, September 12, 2025

An Open Letter to my Grandchildren

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Dear Frank, Peter, Corriell, Liza, Ella, Norah, Max, Parker, and Molly: The nine of you (five by blood, four by marriage) range in age fro...
Monday, August 11, 2025

We Shot a Five-Week Hole in the Seattle Summer . . .

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. . . but no regrets. A month or so ago, I promised to “soon” post about our three-weeks in Germany. In the meantime, we spent two weeks in ...
Saturday, August 2, 2025

Well, I don't like your tie.

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Trump's firing of the Director of Labor Statistics reminds me of a confrontation half a century ago at General Mills. A young market res...
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Sunday, July 27, 2025

What a Difference a Day Makes, . . .

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 . . . twenty-four little hours, . . .   Remember that Dinah Washington hit, from 1959? Originally written in Spanish in 1934 (my birthyear)...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Who Are These Zealots?

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Who are these  zealots  who sit around thinking up this stuff? (Zealot: fanatically passionate about a cause, such as restricting government...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Ya picks yer poison and ya takes yer chances . . .

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The Primary race for King County Executive is a microcosm of what is bedeviling Democrate all across the country: is it time for young voice...