I am having trouble facing the fact that my friend, Suzanne Lang, has left this earthly plane, suddenly, tragically, as a surprise to herself and the rest of the huge community who knew her and loved her. “Gutted” “Devastated” “Bereft” “Crushed” are the words I’ve heard, even from those who never met her, but only listened to her insightful and incisive interviews

The hateful rhetoric from the mouth of President Trump is inciting criminal behavior, beginning with the January 6 mob who bloodied police and sent congresspeople fleeing…I ask that you resist, in the way that suits you best,  the violence, cruelty, injustice and defiance of the rule of law by the Trump administration.

I just gave $100 extra to KPFA listener-sponsored radio because I felt moved by a newscaster who showed her vulnerability and compassion by getting choked up as she described the day’s headlines–something I’d never heard before on the nightly news before.

By casting my vote for the Harris/Walz ticket for POTUS, I am not approving of Joe Biden’s unwavering support for Israel’s genocide. I simply believe that if Trump does not lose by a sizable margin, our country will be in a catastrophic condition affecting far more people in this country and around the world.

My brother sent me a sheaf of type-written legal-sized sheets that either my father gave him or he found after Dad’s passing. It was about 22-year-old Joey Orvino’s experiences in what he later referred to as The Big War…I think my father would have made a better leader than half the men in public service today, including two members of the Supreme Court.