"No news" Saturday.
May 7, 2022
It’s been a rough week. I’m sending this note to open the Comments section to paying subscribers.
I have heard from some readers that the events of last week were so upsetting that they could not bring themselves to read this newsletter, much less watch or read the news as reported in the mainstream media.
So, use the Comments section to share your thoughts with other like-minded people. It’s understandable to be angry, upset, and disappointed. But if you can, try to find some room to express hope or determination. We are all looking for inspiration and leadership from others during these challenging times. If you can, let that be you!
Stay strong! Talk to you on Monday!
As awful as this has been, I feel the distant groundswell of possibility. This Supreme Court rollback of rights has been looming for years. We've all known this is where we were headed. Finally, it's underway. The intention of the reactionary majority has been revealed. Better to expose what we're truly up against if we intend to keep our democracy. It's upon each and every one of us to do what we can to push forward and ensure the pendulum swings back, sure and steady in the direction of justice and equal rights for all Americans.
The first word Elijah Cummings spoke to Congress, a short poem
"God's Minute"
God's Minute.
I only have a minute. Sixty seconds in it.
Forced upon me, I did not choose it, but I know that I
must use it.
Give account if I abuse it. Suffer if I lose it.
Only a tiny minute, but eternity is in it.
It was quoted often by Dr. Benjamin Mays, president of Morehouse College, inspiration to Martin Luther King. Not all of us are as easily called to action as were Dr. King and Representative Cummings, but this week calls to us to take a fraction of one of those seconds to do something .
make even a bit of a difference.