BLM

 Black Lives Matter in Georgia today.  May they matter everywhere

Partnership: Not a Small Thing

 It was a little thing during such a momentous day.  Did you notice?  When President Biden sat down to sign the Infrastructure bill, about 30 people, Democrats, some Republicans, and others who had worked so hard for it, gathered around. 

Joseph Biden's name is short; there was no way he could have used thirty pens to write his signature. So he used only one. And then, quietly reached over his shoulder and gave the pen gently and respectfully to Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. She received it and then, just as quickly, with respect and care she slipped it back to the President, placing her hand on his in genuine partnership.

Night of Broken Glass

 My birth, November 6, 1938, is forever linked with the "Night of Broken Glass" three days later. On Kristallnacht (Crystal Night) Nov. 9-10, 1938, German Nazis attacked Jewish people and property. Just before midnight on Nov. 9 Gestapo chief sent telegrams to all police units informing them the attacks should not be interfered with. Rather, the victims should be arrested. Fire companies stood by as synagogues burned, with explicit instructions to let them burn.

That night led to the Holocaust where 6 million Jews were killed. In addition to those 6 million, millions of non-Jews, perhaps 5-6 million, were killed, including people with physical and mental disabilities, called "useless" people, homosexual men, Roma, Poles and other slavic people. All this because of Hitler's vision of a "master race."