Join me below for a discussion of Sunday’s news.  First up is an article about where Dems should head with their 2020 candidate. … Continue reading →

Posting this on my Metro North train ride back to Poughkeepsie from an overnight at friends in Manhattan.  It’s a beautiful train ride along the Hudson, especially the 20 mile segment through the Hudson Highlands where the hills and the mountains come right down to the river.  There’s a great view of West Point on the other side of the river during this part of the ride. Join me below for discussion of today’s news. … Continue reading →

So what are you all doing for Thanksgiving?  I’m driving up tomorrow morning to visit family in SE Massachusetts—pretty close to the original Thanksgiving.  Our area was the ancestral home of the Pokanoket band of the Wampanoags, the Native Americans who shared their land with the Pilgrims until they were decimated in King Philip’s (Metacom) War (1675-76) along with most of the rest of the Native Americans in southern New England.  Philip’s father was Massasoit, the leader of the Pokanokets when the Pilgrims arrived.  Massasoit prevented the failure of the Plymouth colony and almost certain starvation that the Pilgrims faced … Continue reading →

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