2/7/2025

My Dear Friend & POTUS, DJT,

            Here I am at 7:27 on 2/7 contemplating how I might connect with you. “I can’t lie,” communing with you challenges me! The quotes in the last sentence indicate I got that phrase from my young friend, Mr G, who often uses that line with his 4th graders.

            Seeing those repeating numbers warms my heart & soothes my soul. Maria Popova captures the allure of math beautifully in her recent post to her blog, themarginalian, “the pristine clarity of mathematics, the way numbers, symbols, & figures each mean one thing only, with no room for interpretation, a little unit of truth, unhaunted by the chimera of meaning… speaking the language of the universe itself, precise & impartial, safe from the subjectivities (that make) human beings gravely misunderstand & then mistreat one another.”

Wouldn’t it be great if everyone got a chance to experience the solace that math affords? Even better would be if all students felt the power that comes from applying math to understand natural phenomenon. STEM can be taught in ways that excite & affirm students, but we need your help to make that a reality. Please instruct ERM to let NSF fund STEM ed projects.

Speaking of #s, I have used 1213 characters so far. My BFF suggested I continue to be parsimonious with my words. What do you think is the appropriate length for these letters?

I just finished watching your remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast to see how you were doing & confirmed Nahum Barnea’s assessment that you are “at the pinnacle of (your) life, at peak strength & at (your) most euphoric. (Your) ambition is huge, (your) gratification immediate & (your) patience thin.”

I appreciated that you acknowledged Noa Argamani & her resilience in surviving 245 days as a Hamas hostage. I was sorry to see that her mom died shortly after her release. I was confused by your observation that she “looks like a much younger person,” given that she is in her 20’s. I suggest avoiding comments on women’s appearance in the future.

            Thanks for proclaiming your desire to make the USA a “haven for religious freedom.” Are you sure you want to focus that effort on “anti-Christian bias?”  

            Please spread the word about religious freedom to the junta in Burma, especially regarding the Rohingya.

            Speaking of the junta, did you know that they are flooding the world with drugs & that China would love to take over Burma so they could have direct access to the Bay of Bengal & the Andaman Sea? Please look into that.

            BYBS,