Lyric Of The Day #17 (June 13, 2020)

[Y]ou're movin' on the back roads by the rivers of my memory

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfMnNqn-hKg

 

Vivid imagery throughout this classic, written by John Hartford but made famous by Glen Campbell.

Twitter is our window into Trump’s shriveled soul

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/twitter-is-our-window-into-trumps-shriveled-soul/2020/06/11/492c84a2-ac11-11ea-94d2-d7bc43b26bf9_story.html

 

Believe it or not, Michael Gerson’s column is even better than the title would suggest. He starts out with the following:  Witnessing a new low for the Trump presidency means it is a day of the week ending in “y.”

 

A few paragraphs later, he discusses whether our current President is a “credulous simpleton” or a “cynical weasel”. (Spoiler alert: the correct answer is “Yes.”)

The President has lost America’s clubhouse

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/06/10/its-not-which-sports-figures-are-speaking-out-thats-telling-its-how-many/

 

Great Boswell column on the intersection between sports and societal-political issues.

Trump on race, in his own words

The words speak for themselves …

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/10/here-is-trumps-speech-race-word-word-alas/

How to tell if your grandparent has become an antifa agent

This is Very Important!!!

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/10/know-signs-how-tell-if-your-grandparent-has-become-an-antifa-agent/

In protests against police brutality, videos capture more alleged police brutality

Ironic???

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/protests-police-brutality-video/2020/06/05/a9e66568-a768-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html