My own father is in his 80s and has become old and frail. And one of my earliest memories of him, is riding on his back as he went swimming at the beach. Unfortunately I have had ups and downs in my relationship with him. But in the end, he is my Superman, too. Or maybe Aquaman. (No, we are not related to David French!)
Thank you, Aylene. I just put down working on Dad's eulogy (his Celebration of Life is July 10th) to read these posts and found yours. I remember Dad used to read to me when I was a kid in bed and change his voice for the dialog. He would make it really high if a woman were talking, causing my brother and me to laugh hysterically. I later did the same for my kids. Best of luck with your dad.
John...my condolences as well at the loss of your father. I thought your 'speech' was simple, yet elegant...and heartfelt. Thanks for all the work you do.
John, what would we all give to see our parents again, for just an hour … My father was also 89, when he died several years ago. Terrific father, as I’m sure your dad was, also. Aloha, Mike
Here's my question: What do you think of the controversy over the Dispatch and Jessica Riedl? I didn't even realize this was such a big deal when Jessica first came out as transgender. Although I was concerned some of the extreme anti - trans people might do something bad.
But I made the mistake of going on X recently, and saw that the announcement of the hire was met with a lot of vitriol.
And it's not just the trolls and haters like Megan Basham who have had a negative reaction. People I respect like Kimberly Ross have also questioned TD over this (I guess not so much for the promotion from freelancer to employee, but going along with the name / identity change).
Jessica has mentioned being harassed and doxxed, and that's terrible and totally uncalled for. But I also don't think everyone who questions how TD has handed the situation, is an anti- trans bigot, either.
Meanwhile , some on the Left are accusing TD of being anti- trans for hiring Jesse Singal. It's sad that this issue is so divisive. Your thoughts?
John: Is Zorhan Mamdani's version of hard democratic socialism going to be the democrats' version of the MAGA movement, pushing out traditional members of the party and creating a new populist normal? Something tells me not, because Mamdani's appeal is to the coastal elite, whereas Trump connected with non-college educated voters in vast geographic swaths of Middle America. I can't believe Mamdani would have any broad appeal beyond a few zip codes in NYC and Cali, but many said the same about Trump. Mamdani is a full-on Communist anti-Semite and isn't even hiding the ball on this. The Democrat-Media Complex calls Trump crazy and dangerous, but Mamdani is telling us, "Oh yeah? Hold my beer!"
My condolences to John and Steve.
My own father is in his 80s and has become old and frail. And one of my earliest memories of him, is riding on his back as he went swimming at the beach. Unfortunately I have had ups and downs in my relationship with him. But in the end, he is my Superman, too. Or maybe Aquaman. (No, we are not related to David French!)
Thank you, Aylene. I just put down working on Dad's eulogy (his Celebration of Life is July 10th) to read these posts and found yours. I remember Dad used to read to me when I was a kid in bed and change his voice for the dialog. He would make it really high if a woman were talking, causing my brother and me to laugh hysterically. I later did the same for my kids. Best of luck with your dad.
Thanks, Aylene. Best wishes to you and your father. And I always appreciate a good David French/Aquaman reference. Lol.
John...my condolences as well at the loss of your father. I thought your 'speech' was simple, yet elegant...and heartfelt. Thanks for all the work you do.
Thanks Terrence!
John, Condolences re: your Dad...
Thanks Bob.
John, what would we all give to see our parents again, for just an hour … My father was also 89, when he died several years ago. Terrific father, as I’m sure your dad was, also. Aloha, Mike
Thanks Mike!
Here's my question: What do you think of the controversy over the Dispatch and Jessica Riedl? I didn't even realize this was such a big deal when Jessica first came out as transgender. Although I was concerned some of the extreme anti - trans people might do something bad.
But I made the mistake of going on X recently, and saw that the announcement of the hire was met with a lot of vitriol.
And it's not just the trolls and haters like Megan Basham who have had a negative reaction. People I respect like Kimberly Ross have also questioned TD over this (I guess not so much for the promotion from freelancer to employee, but going along with the name / identity change).
Jessica has mentioned being harassed and doxxed, and that's terrible and totally uncalled for. But I also don't think everyone who questions how TD has handed the situation, is an anti- trans bigot, either.
Meanwhile , some on the Left are accusing TD of being anti- trans for hiring Jesse Singal. It's sad that this issue is so divisive. Your thoughts?
Looking forward to answering this one later in the week.
Condolences to Steve on the loss of your Father
Thank you, Emperor. He was only 5'6" tall, but he was always a giant, or at least my giant.
I would liked to have known your dad.
Thanks Matt. Nice of you to say.
John: Is Zorhan Mamdani's version of hard democratic socialism going to be the democrats' version of the MAGA movement, pushing out traditional members of the party and creating a new populist normal? Something tells me not, because Mamdani's appeal is to the coastal elite, whereas Trump connected with non-college educated voters in vast geographic swaths of Middle America. I can't believe Mamdani would have any broad appeal beyond a few zip codes in NYC and Cali, but many said the same about Trump. Mamdani is a full-on Communist anti-Semite and isn't even hiding the ball on this. The Democrat-Media Complex calls Trump crazy and dangerous, but Mamdani is telling us, "Oh yeah? Hold my beer!"