John and Charles, 2nd cousins, a few times removed. Mercy me.
Fragments from a Writing Desk
"That truth should be silent I had almost forgot"--Enobarbus in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, back in Rome after having been too long in Egypt.--------- Melville's PIERRE, Book 4, chapter 5: "Something ever comes of all persistent inquiry; we are not so continually curious for nothing."
Sunday, January 24, 2021
I knew John Knox was a Knox cousin, but the Wesley boys?
Friday, January 22, 2021
Podesta the master of--is it understatement? Boy, sanity in the White House and Humor.
“I don’t think it’s fair to say that most of what Trump did can be undone in an afternoon. It’s going to take at least ten days,” said John D. Podesta, a former adviser to President Barack Obama who lobbied for the targeted use of executive action in Mr. Obama’s second term when congressional Republicans blocked his environmental and immigration proposals.
My resolve--to stop obsessing about politics except when unavoidable
Thursday, January 21, 2021
As a former Texas Voter (for Ralph Yarborough) I remind Living and Voting Texans: You could have had Beto in the Senate on 6 January 2021
Beto would not have incited the insurrectionists and would not have promoted the great lie of a stolen election and would not have fabricated excuses for delaying the acceptance of the reports from the Electoral College. Can you bring yourself to recall Cruz?
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
WHAT I SAID TO JOE BIDEN A THIRD OF A CENTURY AGO: "IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU LOOKING SO STRONG, SIR."
Today, it was again good to see him looking so strong.