Friday Cat Blogging
Froggie Approaches
Got a cheezburger?
[Editor: Froggie came over to see what I was doing when I was trying to get a picture of a yellow crab spider, so I took her picture instead.]
November 22, 2013 12 Comments
JFK
Fifty years ago it was afternoon and I was on my way to a chemistry class. I had stopped for a drink of water when the news came over the speakers in the classrooms.
For those who weren’t alive at the time: remember what you felt on September 11, 2001 for a taste of November 22, 1963. It was a massive change for the worldview of my generation and it marked the beginning of a period of disruption and decline in the civility of American society. Arthur had died and Camelot fell.
At his inauguration John Kennedy made the point: “If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”
The colors of my world will never be as bright as they were on November 21, 1963. It wasn’t what he accomplished as much as what he inspired others to accomplish that was his real legacy.
November 22, 2013 Comments Off on JFK
