Look what arrived
in the mail the other day—my MacBain plaid lap blanket. This is not touristy
Scottish stuff—it’s an authentic woolen blanket from Scotland with the clan
plaid accurately depicted. It’s soft, warm, and wonderful, and I’m most proud
of it.
I’m joking with
this international title to this post, but I was laughing at my day in recent
days. One day I ate lunch at P. F. Chang’s—crispy green beans with an addictive
dipping sauce—and for supper I had barbecue. The next day, for lunch, I had
leftover barbecue and crispy (not so crispy by then) green beans. For dinner
that night? Chicken with an Italian sauce/mozzarella topping. Last night it was
tacos with pineapple/poblano salsa, and today at lunch—braseola (the beef
version of prosciutto) which surely counts as Italian.
I read recently a
serious—and disturbing—article about how the U.S. international reputation is
cratering, because our country has been pulled out of so many treaties and
trade alliances by the governing people still in power. Just want to point out
that I’m doing my part for multi-culturalism with my diet.
Our reputation as
leader of the free world is not something to joke about, and I sometimes fear
we’ve already lost the title, perhaps to Germany with Angela Merkel as such a
strong head of state. It’s a subject John McCain addressed head-on in his
acceptance speech for the Liberty Medal, conferred by the bipartisan National
Constitution Center. If you haven’t heard his forthright talk about “spurious
nationalism,” listen to it here: https://www.yahoo.com/news/john-mccain-slams-apos-half-091149075.html
It’s well worth hearing and will, I hope, make you think.
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