A Heartfelt Message to Donald Trump
Congratulations, Mr. Trump, on your victory in the Presidential election. Your campaign was everything I expected it to be — and so much more — and you got the outcome you so very much wanted. I found it truly stunning, in every sense of the word. My fellow Americans have spoken clearly with their votes,… Read more
Tasha the Adventure Cat, part 2: Wounds
In part one, I recounted Tasha’s first full year with us, filled with accidents, surgery, and lots of fights with one of our other cats. Now that all that was behind us, we figured life with Tasha would be a lot less stressful. But Tasha is not a less stressful kind of cat. About eight… Read more
Tasha the Adventure Cat, part 1: Battle!
Some of you may remember that my wife and I adopted a new Siberian kitten about a year ago. We named her Tasha. Tasha’s life as a kitten has been an adventure. She explored the house with boundless energy. Just in her first few weeks with us she was accidentally kicked, stepped on, and even… Read more
Biden’s Path to Victory – 2024-07-20
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m looking at some of the election forecast data to try to figure out how things are going for Biden (and by extension Trump) in the battleground states. The ABC News 538 site has only slightly reduced its probability of a Biden victory from 49% to 48% (with… Read more
Thoughts on the Trump Assassination Attempt
Like everybody else, I have been having thoughts about the attempt to assassinate Donald Trump. It took me a while to gather those thoughts into something like publishable form. The Shot When I first heard he’d been hustled off the stage by Secret Service agents, I didn’t think much of it. I assumed they were… Read more
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