“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
—James Baldwin
@antiracistsouth In this context, "opportunity." It's a hallmark of toxic positivity, which fuels modern sales and marketing, the bedrock on which politics rests.
"No such thing as a challenge, it's only an opportunity for improvement!"
@jkf3500 @tabchance I refer to it as the “incoming administration” because I believe they will use the 25th amnd to depose him within a year. So I’ll use “the admin” and “the party” interchangeably.
This sounds frivolous in the grand scheme of things but we need to support archivists, protect public libraries, protect journalists, writers, artists, photographers, and filmmakers. We need to continue to keep culture alive and educate our youth.
RIP Quincy Jones, who leaves us at age 91. No musician of his generation moved so effortlessly and brilliantly between styles and settings—collaborating with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson to Miles Davis. What a remarkable career!
Phil Lesh and Phriends (Jackie Greene, Warren Haynes, John Scofield) 2-14-2012 remains an all-timer. Fair thee well, Phil.
"A box of rain will ease the pain, and love will see you through"
Pay your coach $4M/yr as part of an upper seven-figure football budget, lob your Christian values onto the bonfire of big-time CFB, all so you can travel to suburban Atlanta on a Wednesday to end your title hopes at the hands of a winless FBS newbie on national TV.
@stevemagness Full marks to him for maintaining the habit during the campaign. Heck, he might have made a daily run a non-negotiable—"I'll be your guy, but I need an hour a day."
@jackmirkinson On top of that, can you see her *walking* to the police department to collect the day's reports, taking an obituary over the phone and then taking pictures at the elementary school's Grandparents' Day chorus concert on the same day?
@jackmirkinson Weiss would have cried herself to sleep every night if she had to cover county commissions populated by three generations of the same family, quit after 6 months and then gone into PR.