Category Archives: Politics

Monday Musings: How I’m Coping

Posted on October 19, 2020 by dbjackson

I’ve written about politics and social issues a lot in recent weeks, and I want desperately to avoid doing so again this week. It’s not that I don’t have more to say. I do. But I feel as though I’d … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Covid, Grief, and Lies

Posted on October 12, 2020 by dbjackson

And yet, his first act upon returning to the White House was to make a Mussolini-esque appearance on his veranda and ostentatiously remove his face mask. Last week’s Photo Friday post was about my brother’s memorial service, which took place … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Through the Looking Glass

Posted on October 5, 2020 by dbjackson

[Let me begin by saying this: I know the President is ill. I hope he recovers; I understand it’s possible that he’ll take a turn for the worse. I hope the First Lady and the growing number of public officials … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: The Peaceful Transfer of Power

Posted on September 28, 2020 by dbjackson

For students of American history, the late eighteenth century is filled with consequential dates and events. The signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the end of the Revolutionary War in 1781, the meeting of the Constitutional Convention in … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Court Wars

Posted on September 21, 2020 by dbjackson

Sometimes I write my Monday posts on Saturday morning. It’s just a convenient time. And so right now I am at my desk, trying to marshal my thoughts, and rein in my emotions. I am devastated by the death of … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: A Planet In Its Death Throes

Posted on September 14, 2020 by dbjackson

Pray for the forest, pray to the tree, Pray for the fish in the deep blue sea. Pray for yourself and for God’s sake, Say one for me, Poor wretched unbeliever. — James Taylor, “Gaia,” from Hourglass This is what … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Lightning Round

Posted on September 6, 2020 by dbjackson

Sometimes my Monday Musings posts are pretty easy to write – a topic comes to me and I riff on it or rant about it. Other times, nothing comes to me at all, and just getting started is next to … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Race — Again, and Still, and As Long As It Takes

Posted on August 31, 2020 by dbjackson

This past week, I listened to an NPR interview with some Trump voters in Florida. One woman, who swore she couldn’t be a racist because she was of a non-Caucasian ethnicity herself, spoke of the George Floyd killing and the … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Late-Afternoon Vista, and a Message

Posted on August 28, 2020 by dbjackson

Last Friday, at the end of another week of work and screaming headlines, I spent my late afternoon, exploring our little college town, enjoying the golden light and ever-changing cloudscapes. As I’ve mentioned before, our town is perched atop the … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Political Rant, No Punches Pulled

Posted on August 24, 2020 by dbjackson

Okay, serious question: When did the world get so insane? When did people start believing wackadoodle conspiracy theories while refusing to believe that wearing a mask over their nose and mouth would keep them from spreading germs that come from … Continue reading →

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