My Dear Donald…

The Strait of Hormuz is Two Miles Across at its Most Narrow. Shutting it Down — a Primary Iranian Goal in War — Cuts off 30% of the World’s Oil. Public Domain Photo by Tim Kopra Courtesy Johnson Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

We need to talk before you have a war with Iran.

I can call you Donald, right, as long as I don’t call anybody else Donald?

That’s kind of cool. I could never be The Steve because I was raised in a small town and there was this fellow named Steve Humphrey. His claim to Steveness was stronger than mine for two reasons.

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Enrolled Cherokee, 9th grade dropout, retired judge, associate professor emeritus, and (so far) cancer survivor. Memoir: Lighting the Fire (Miniver Press 2020)

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Steve Russell

Enrolled Cherokee, 9th grade dropout, retired judge, associate professor emeritus, and (so far) cancer survivor. Memoir: Lighting the Fire (Miniver Press 2020)