Unflenching honesty . . .

Thursday, September 11, 2025. It's Thor's day . . . an the heat returns to TulseyTown this afternoon. Moderate Southerlies are forecasted to bring mid 90's with the bright sun.

Today in 2001, terrorists attacked the U.S. at multiple sites including the World Trade Center in New York.

Some right-wingers outraged by Charlie Kirk's killing yesterday in Utah are calling for retribution – Anna Merlan, at Mother Jones, 9.11.25.

If we are lucky … our leaders will understand that Charlie Kirk’s assassination was not just evil but profoundly dangerous for all of us. And if they understand this danger, maybe they will seek unity rather than division. – Jonathan V. Last, at The Bulwark, 9.10.25.

Why don’t Democrats tell America the truth — that these problems are largely due to monopolistic corporations and robber-baron billionaires? Because too many Democratic politicians are afraid to bite the hands that feed their campaign coffers. Hopefully, that’s beginning to change. – Robert Reich, online, 9.11.25

Speaking of truth-tellers. Today is the birth date of D.H. Lawrence. The author of novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, and letters was born on this day in 1885 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England. His novels Sons and Lovers, and Lady Chatterly's Lover, among many, explored the human condition including its conflicts with unflinching honesty. Another truth-teller, the painter Georgia O’keefe, on her first trip to New Mixico, spent time with Lawrence at his ranch in 1929. The visit prompted a now famous work, “The Lawrence Tree.” She went on to establish what is now called The Ghost Ranch which became her primary winter residence and a subject of many works.

The world is calling for honesty, integrity and celebration of and for the greater good.

– jab