…Armistice Day reminds me of my dad’s grandfather, Colonel H. Trippe, who received an Army Distinguished Service Medal for his bridge building efforts in the Meuse-Argonne operation in 1918….
11/10/2023
…Did your heart swell when you heard AUW Local 1268 Pres Matt Frantzen gushing about how grateful he was for the phone calls you made on behalf of his “brothers & sisters?” I loved hearing his Chicago accent, especially when he said, “honor.”…
11/4/2023
…What’s up with Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou? He looks like some of the boys I went to high school with in 1978, too cool for school & hoping to get high. Was he on board with the plan to avoid China’s “debt-trap diplomacy” & embrace our “high-quality transparent approaches to infrastructure and inter-development” investment?…
10/31/2023
…How was your trick-or-treating event yesterday? I love that the theme was “Hallo-READ!” …Why didn’t you don a costume? Since Jill was a cat, you could have been a dog….
10/29/2023
…Do you worry about a black swan event with China? Today’s news of a Chinese fighter jet flying within 10 feet of an American B-52 bomber caught my attention. Best to open lines of communication ASAP….
10/28/2023
…Did you see the compelling demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial yesterday of the shabbat table with empty chairs? The families of the hostages do not want us to forget that their loved ones are in Gaza in tunnels vulnerable to whatever attack Bibi may order….
10/27/2023
…Ned Temko, has hope for the Mid-East. He emphasizes that the situation is complex with “both sides feel(ing) immensely vulnerable, immensely uncertain, & immensely angry.”…