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Work for sustainable development of small islands and the Chesapeake Bay; ex-Peace Corps (Volunteer and staff) in LA & Caribbean; cruised Caribbean on S/Y Meander for three years; like small tropical islands, French canals, Umbria, Tasmania, and NZ. Married 52 years to the late Kincey Burdett Potter (see Kincey.org). President of the now-sunsetting Island Resources Foundation.

The Washington Post Trump moves to strip job protections from White House budget analysts as he races to transform civil service

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Bruce
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Posted on November 25, 2020 by Bruce
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About those Detroit “Voting Irregularities. . . . ” (WaPo)

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Bruce

It’s obviously a fool’s errand to bother commenting on the hypocrisy of politicians, but it IS amusing some times. . . . From The Washington Post and on-line at <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/detroit-vote-errors-trump/2020/11/23/ae789912-2d3b-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html > – – – – – – – – – … Continue reading →

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What Obama gets right — and very wrong — about the media – The Washington Post

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Bruce

Margaret Sullivan is right on about Obama’s harsh actions against US journalists covering his administration. She fails, however, to give full credit due to ERIC HOLDER, whose authoritarian impulses as prosecutor, going back to his work in DC, would be … Continue reading →

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What Alternative Universe Have I Fallen Into???

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Bruce

From the invariably reliable David Brooks on NPR: “President Trump just got a higher proportion of Non-White votes than ANY Republican in the past 60 YEARS!”

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Partytime

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Bruce

And a separate measure passed in Oregon that would decriminalize all currently illicit drugs including heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. Keep those fires burning…..

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Commentary on a Donald Trump, Jr., Fox News Rant

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Bruce

From The Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/30/donald-trump-jrs-ugly-rant-fox-makes-strong-case-against-his-father/ > Keep in mind this is opinion, not WaPo reporting. The Plum Line Opinion Donald Trump Jr.’s ugly rant on Fox makes a strong case against his father Caption: Donald Trump Jr. during an interview … Continue reading →

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Trump’s attacks on political adversaries are often followed by threats to their safety

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Bruce

One thing I REALLY hate is a bully . . . . . From the front page of Thursday’s Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/threats-follow-trump-poliical-attacks/2020/10/28/c6dbce02-1792-11eb-82db-60b15c874105_story.html National Security Trump’s attacks on political adversaries are often followed by threats to their safety President Trump speaks at … Continue reading →

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NYU Journalism Award for 2010 — 2019 — column by Margaret Sullivan

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Bruce

From https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/best-journalism-decade-top-10/2020/10/14/d4cdbe0e-0d6e-11eb-8074-0e943a91bf08_story.html Here’s a list of the 10 greatest works of journalism of the past 10 years. Care to argue about it? By Margaret Sullivan Media columnist Oct. 14, 2020 at 2:45 p.m. EDT With so much news slamming us … Continue reading →

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Kinda scary

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Bruce

from Science Magazine, Oct. 2020. Two-thirds of lefties trust science, only one-in-five right-wingers. So to the folks running the country, and most of the states, most of the scientific discoveries of the last generation or so is either fantasy or … Continue reading →

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