Trying to eliminate Habeas Corpus; nominating Judge BoxWine, the triumph of all our engagement… We may have more to do, but we are not concerned. That’s because we are just getting started.
Mother's Day: Recalling this to my adult children, who were knowledgeable about this time in our history, but unaware of some of the things in daily life that occurred during that time. I was a very young child at the end of WWII.It was a time when we knew about rationing, black outs in the evening, and people writing and singing songs about tolerance. Songs that a child learned, along with their parents. My father was an immigrant and was too old to be drafted, but he volunteered to become an air raid warden and went out every night making sure that after dark, blackout shades were drawn to block out any light from all homes in the neighborhood. The songs were about trust, and I remember the words to a few, but the most unforgettable was in the short film made by Frank Sinatra that is now in the Library of Congress, called The House I Live In. You can hear it on You Tube. The opening words say it all:"What Is America To Me?" It should be blasted into Congress as a reminder of this is who we are as a nation, with all it's faults and mistakes these really are the values that we fought for and hoped to achieve. Take the time to listen.
Mother's Day: Recalling this to my adult children, who were knowledgeable about this time in our history, but unaware of some of the things in daily life that occurred during that time. I was a very young child at the end of WWII.It was a time when we knew about rationing, black outs in the evening, and people writing and singing songs about tolerance. Songs that a child learned, along with their parents. My father was an immigrant and was too old to be drafted, but he volunteered to become an air raid warden and went out every night making sure that after dark, blackout shades were drawn to block out any light from all homes in the neighborhood. The songs were about trust, and I remember the words to a few, but the most unforgettable was in the short film made by Frank Sinatra that is now in the Library of Congress, called The House I Live In. You can hear it on You Tube. The opening words say it all:"What Is America To Me?" It should be blasted into Congress as a reminder of this is who we are as a nation, with all it's faults and mistakes these really are the values that we fought for and hoped to achieve. Take the time to listen.