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What I ponder at the Lincoln Memorial
What have I learned in 60 years? Take little for granted, other than that I will (likely) return home from a bike ride. At dawn I took my customary solstice/birthday pilgrimage to the Lincoln Memorial and faced the Washington Monument, … Continue reading
Standing agape in an undivided current
Thoughts on Yosemite, from bikerben58.wordpress.com: The vision of Abraham Lincoln and John Muir
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, National Park Service, Uncategorized
Tagged John Muir, Yosemite
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On cue, Virginia punts on redistricting reform
Virginia’s legislative attempt to address gerrymandering came to its expected futile end May 18 when Democratic Governor Ralph Northam vetoed a bill that would have made minor changes in the criteria the (for now) GOP-controlled General Assembly must use to … Continue reading
Posted in gerrymandering, Obamacare, Uncategorized, Virginia legislature
Tagged gerrymandering, Medicaid
In the afterglow
Reflections on a short trip to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
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A few days in southern Utah . . .
. . . where a piece of the Trump administration’s environmental agenda is playing out, and where hordes of Americans (and foreigners) can’t get enough of the West. Fiery Furnace is a mind game
Posted in environment, National Park Service, Uncategorized
Tagged Donald Trump, Environment
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Thoughts on visionaries
Linked from my other site: Ruminations on Rambling: Glimpes of genius in the Permian Basin
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Traveling the U.S.A.
I am traveling the country for two months, but politics is never far from my mind. See my other site, generally devoted to thoughts about bicycling, but in this case travels without Charlie: Temporary border in the Big Ben … Continue reading
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