Thomas Friedman piece, N.Y. Times

A very good column by Mr. Friedman, titled "Trump’s Approach: A Fresh Start or Crazy Reckless?"

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/opinion/trumps-approach-a-fresh-start-or-crazy-reckless.html

John Glenn (1921-2016)

From February, 1962:

And then, in 1998, he returned to space--at age 77--as part of the crew of the space shuttle Discovery.

Pearl Harbor

Wednesday is the 75th anniversary of the attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor.

2335 American personnel died.  Of these, 2008 were from the Navy, 218 from the Army, and 109 were Marines.  68 civilians died as well. 

The day after the attack, President Roosevelt's delivered his "date which will live in infamy" speech to a Joint Session of Congress.  He said:  "I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire."

That day, Congress voted to declare war against Japan.

Here is a video of part of President Roosevelt's speech:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK8gYGg0dkE

The President-elect's allegation, re: the "millions of people who voted illegally" in the Nov. election

From The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/27/us/politics/trump-adviser-steps-up-searing-attack-on-romney.html

And this, from Glenn Kessler's "Fact Checker" column in The Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/27/trumps-bogus-claim-that-millions-of-people-voted-illegally-for-hillary-clinton/

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are some vegetarian recipes, if you are so inclined, from The New York Times.  :)

http://cooking.nytimes.com/68861692-nyt-cooking/445045-wells-vegetarian-thanksgiving

The election

So, evidently (despite what President-elect Trump charged, during the campaign), the election wasn't rigged against him after all.

Ad for Sec. Clinton, redux

I felt like posting--again--this nice ad for Secretary Clinton, featuring the singing of Katy Perry.  It began airing this past Saturday.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_vOjwXMw7s