September 2018
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Ignite 9/28/18
I didn’t sleep much last night. I am still so saddened by the suffering of two families wrought by the American carnage Trump vowed to end in his inaugural address, but which he continues to fuel over and over again.… Continue reading
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The Hearing
Nearly two-thirds of the country will be watching the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today. I had planned to post on a related topic, but decided to keep the Spark and Spitfire platform open for spontaneous comments throughout the day. Feel free… Continue reading
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Truth Meltdown
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e. the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e. the standards… Continue reading
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Aglow 9/22/18
This weekend, Spark and Spitfire introduces a new regular weekend post called AGLOW, which will feature a poem that has had meaning for me — and perhaps for you, too. Peace to all. A GIFT by Denise Levertov Just when you seem to… Continue reading
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Ignite 9/21/18
Ah, the journey of life. Easy, peasy, right? Continue reading
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Gone Girl
On Sunday, after some online research, I determined that Pat — the toad that has been living in my garbage bin for nearly a month — was female. She was large with marbled coloring, unlike male toads which are smaller… Continue reading
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You Should Be Worried, Paul
I had forgotten all the details of the seven-plus times I had been physically and verbally assaulted by men during my 30+ year professional career until the President of the United States claimed how his star power permitted him to… Continue reading
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Ignite 9/14/18
Given the revelations of the book I am currently reading (see yesterday’s post); a book that has already sold a million copies, I wondered if my cartoon files had anything on corporate greed and perfidy. I mean, could anything be… Continue reading
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F-Bomb
Yesterday, David Ignatius, the award-winning columnist for the Washington Post published an editorial about Bob Woodward’s new book, Fear: Trump in the White House. Entitled, “What a Baby,” Ignatius’s editorial shares his opinion about the book and how: Woodward’s recounting of… Continue reading
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Ignite 9/7/18
The night before last, I overheard on cable news the term, “primeval fear.” Not “primal fear,” but “primeval fear.” The reference, as you might guess, was to the current occupant of the Oval Office. I hadn’t heard the word, “primeval”… Continue reading
