I am posting a copy of a guest editorial written by two professors of government at Harvard University, entitled “Democracy’s Assassins Always Have Accomplices.” Please read it carefully. Even though you may have supported Mr. Trump in the past, you have a responsibility to consider and act as a defender of democracy rather than as […]
Update August 18, 2023: 1) The RSVP has been modified to allow for Zoom participation. You will receive the Zoom link via email. 2) A location map has been embedded. I have scheduled a public reading of some of my writings for Tuesday, 12 September 2023 (Please note the NEW DATE), in the Board Room […]
Part I Wally and I traveled from Las Vegas to visit Bryce Canyon, Zion, and Grand Canyon National Parks and Lake Powell Reservoir in May 2023. On the map above, Zion National Park is enclosed in a square on the lower left; Bryce Canyon National Park is in the middle of the map. This map […]
I recently read a fascinating opinion piece in the New York Times, in which Ezra Klein posits several suggestions made by the commission appointed by President Biden last January or February. The title is “What a Reckoning at the Supreme Court Could Look Like” and appeared in this morning’s copy of the Times. Click the […]
I am in exile. I first became cognizant of the exile when I came to Hawaiʻi in 1988. Later, I realized the exile in reality had begun spiritually and emotionally years earlier as I learned through my reading in LDS Church history that the claims of the church I had grown up believing were […]
My co-gardener, Maria, and I went shopping. Here are photos of our new additions and of the flowers already in the garden. The Crown Flower, oregano in right hand margin, Rosemary in upper left corner, and Gerbera “Daisies” (according to the tag in the pots when I purchased them two or three years ago) continue […]
I agree with Representative Liz Cheney on perhaps only one issue. On all other issues, particularly concerning policy issues, I disagree with her. The one issue on which I agree takes precedence at this hour in our history. The Constitution of the United States must be protected from those who would destroy it. She […]
On this Fourth of July, as I watched the Macy’s fireworks display on television, I noted with mixed emotion the singing of “America the Beautiful.” I am happy they included it in the program, but I was disappointed that the choir and soloist sang only the first verse. I’m quoting the other verses here: 2) […]
Sometime in my late preteen years, I felt that we weren’t close enough for me to call him “dad” and I was too old to call him “daddy,” so I began calling him “Papa.” “Papa” seemed endearing enough that it would be acceptable, yet old fashioned enough that it would/could be somewhat formal as […]
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