Since the November election, we have been witness to the jockeying of the incoming administration as it gets ready to assume the presidency in January. With speculation galore and the incessant commentary of media pundits, the president-elect has hurriedly nominated unconventional candidates for cabinet posts and other sensitive roles in his government. The noise alone…

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the latest book I’ve read, as it is the best tonic to help one get by the election and move on to thinking about real life instead of suffering through the latest antics by the president-elect. Just published, Heat Deflectors: And 99 Other stories by Darryl Ponicsan…

This Thanksgiving I learned that there is much more to life than worrying about politics, especially naively believing that you can make a difference by speaking out. The reverie at Potlatch and the wholesomeness of it made everything else seem small and dispensable. Since the election I’ve largely shut down, avoiding the news, realizing that…

This year, for Thanksgiving at Potlatch, the Pilgrim’s turkey was replaced by a pig. There was turkey for the traditionalists, and all the usual offerings of mashed potatoes, cranberries, and assorted pies, but the star of the holiday was a one hundred twenty-five pound pig from the University of Georgia Ag School. As usual there…

It’s only twelve days since the election and the president-elect has already put forth a menagerie of characters to serve in his cabinet and high ranking jobs. His choices so far include a bomb-throwing clown for Attorney General, a vaccine skeptic and sometime wack-job for Secretary of Health and Human Services, a lightweight Fox New…

As a young sage I know likes to say, “It is what it is!” which, apparently, suggests that something has happened and we have to live with it. I guess that pretty well sums up where we are as we await the second Trump administration. Like many of you, I’m still processing the election results…

Like James Carville, Democratic pundit, I’ve been in a dark tunnel since late Tuesday evening. Even though I predicted Trump’s triumph, I had continued to hope that the Democrats might win. Somehow, I can’t get over how we could re-elect a president who publicly spews hate and profanity and instigated a violent attack on the…

Things look gloomy and overcast with doubt and disbelief. Fear mixes with anger brewing hopelessness and disillusionment. The forecast is not good. I’ve been out of pocket recently, nursing misgivings about the human race, the upcoming election and the treason of friends who have joined the dark side. I’ve also taken time off to visit…

It’s bad enough that we have to brace for another hurricane in less than two weeks, but the specter of Donald Trump telling lies and spreading hate about Hurricane Helene turns one’s stomach. Most recently, he suggested that Biden and Harris were neglecting relief to North Carolina because of politics, that they had spent money…

The election is over. Everybody but a few confused people have already made up their minds, especially since Kamala Harris replaced President Biden as the Democratic candidate. We just have to sit around and endure the barrage of solicitations and the partisan noise until November 5th. The fact that this election is playing out like…