{"id":1214,"date":"2024-07-21T10:29:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T14:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2024-07-21T10:39:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T14:39:54","slug":"a-sunday-lament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/?p=1214","title":{"rendered":"A Sunday Lament?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s days like today that make me question humanity\u2019s sanity. Nothing seems to be happening which gives me time to think about what\u2019s important. As I opened my computer, coffee in hand, there wasn\u2019t much news, no \u201cbreaking\u201d news about whether President Biden would bow to efforts to get him to step down, no headlines about Trump\u2019s latest antics. The<\/em> New York Times<\/em> was mostly stuff that had come out during the previous week, The Wall Street Journal<\/em> published its weekend edition yesterday, and The Washington Post<\/em> was more of the same also. America and the world just seemed to be waiting to go back to work tomorrow. Even the bad guys took a day off.<\/p>\n

The killings, the threats and the lies, the dehumanizing of immigrants and the macho rhetoric of politicians, terrorists and wannabes have gone silent if only for a moment before business as usual resumes on Monday. Even the prima donnas of violence seem to be exhausted, if only for a day. Today we are more interested in who is winning the British Open or whether the aging Rafael Nadal will win his first tournament since 2022.<\/p>\n

Even the most callused and angry among us must wonder whether all the hate, partisanship and cocksure convictions in one\u2019s own superiority are worth it. Are we so naive or so selfish to believe the truth is known only to us.<\/p>\n

As I write this, I look at Shelby, my young black Lab, asleep on the sofa, at peace with the world, not mad at anyone. She is a bundle of unconditional love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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