10/7/2022
My Dear Friend & POTUS, JRB,
How was your visit to Poughkeepsie? I saw an interesting photo of you & IBM CEO, Arvind Krishna, looking at some complicated contraption. What was that thing?
Thanks for sanctioning the Burmese owners of Dynasty International, for procuring weapons and aircraft in Belarus for the junta. That’s an excellent step toward ending the violence in Burma. The folks at Justice from Myanmar believe “too many Myanmar arms brokers remain unsanctioned,” so please direct Sec. Blinken to continue to investigate the flow of $$ that is supporting the importation of weapons into Burma.
Congressman David Trone ’77 and wife June give Furman $10 million to support mental health, Hillel
According to Maryland Matters, you are going to Hagerstown today to draw attention to the Trone (DJT)/Parrott Congressional race for the 6th District. Are you sure you want to campaign for a tycoon who owns Total Wine & More? While DJT’s mental health initiatives in Congress are laudable, don’t you think it’s hypocritical that a guy who profits from the sale of alcohol is trying to prevent addiction? Next time you go visit a spot where there is a hot Congressional race, please go to SW, WI to campaign for Brad Pfaff.
Did you read Paul Krugman’s opinion piece in the NYT today? He uses a hurricane/recession analogy to point out that we are in the midst of an economic storm whose path is difficult to predict. PK’s colleague, Peter Coy, also employed the economy/hurricane analogy to discuss the “amplification mechanisms” involved & to point out that “feedback effects are devilishly hard to model for both meteorologists and economists.” I’m not sure what you can do about the economy beyond buckling your seatbelt.
I am feeling an unsettling symmetry in having entered the workforce during an inflationary period & pondering leaving it during one, having saved up $$ over the years under the assumption of 5% inflation at the most. I thought I was all set until a few months ago. Should I be worried now?
BYBS,
