The more I hear about Myanmar, the worse the news is.
I took this picture of the Mississippi River last week from the window of an airplane.
The picture came out hazy.
Looking at the Mississppi River got me thinking about the Mark Twain biography that I’m currently reading. While Twain’s riverboat days were only a small portion of his life, I find them interesting. I think part of my interest comes from my years of living in Cincinnati along the shores of the Ohio River. I’ve wondered what it must have been like when Cincinnati was a river town. I’ve thought I might have been able to function in a frontier society that placed a value on self-creation (At least if you were white).
When I read about Twain’s time on the river, I get an ill-defined longing for a different place and a different time. It’s a hazy notion that well compliments this hazy photo. I think we all have half-formed ideas in our minds of places we would like to visit and times we wish we could go back and see.
It’s a good thing we have books and imaginations that can partially take us to places that we wish we could visit or re-create.
The MSM is now returning to the theme that Hillary Clinton needs to find an exit strategy. My question is why? The math in this race for the Democratic nomination has not really changed in over 8 weeks. Hillary Clinton needed to have large victories since Texas and Ohio. (Do you even remember them?) While 1 out of 2 isn’t bad in Las Vegas, it is bad in this election. Senator Clinton needed 65-35 victories in both states and from then on. She has gotten neither.
On the money side of the equation, I found it odd that Senator Clinton was asking from a donation in the middle of her speech last night. I think that’s telling. Ms. Clinton had to loan her campaign another $6.5 million. $6.5 million!! That’s a lot of change. We were hearing about all of this money that she raised after winning Pennsylvania. Money was pouring in. Then again, we heard the same thing after she won in Ohio. Millions were rolling in but yet, she still needed to loan her campaign money. I think that there was an initial surge of money but it quickly tapered off in both instances.
I’m not sure how Hillary Clinton bows out of this race. I’m not sure when it will happen. I know that Barack Obama needs to continue to reach out and continue to give a message of hope. If he stumbles, that will continue to give Hillary Clinton life.
BTW, what are the Super Delegates waiting for? Seriously.
Errington C. Thompson, MD, is a surgeon, scholar, fulltime sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats...
