I hope all are
able to properly observe this Memorial Day as we remember the fallen – those no
longer living who have devoted portions of their lives fulfilling their oath to
support and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies,
foreign and domestic. I am scheduled to
give a speech tomorrow morning at the Philadelphia National Cemetery at Haines
and Limekiln Pike.
The last update to this blog was posted
on February 24, 2025, three months and one day ago.
This update captures the high points of
what has happened in the past 90 days.
Since my last blog update, I was hospitalized
twice – once for A-fib and once for bowel obstruction (second time). The A-fib delayed getting the radiation
started on time. However, it was started
and the treatments were completed, leaving behind some side-effects – mainly fatigue
and inflammation of the intestines. About
a month after the radiation was finished, I had another CT scan, the results of
which were questionable due to the effects of the radiation. A sample of my blood was tested to see if the
cancer had mutated. Those results did
not appear to be significant. I will be
having another CT scan in late June. Based
on those results, we will determine if I need to start another course of
chemotherapy. Meanwhile, I have
continued to lose weight and am now engaged in a careful study of nutritional
approaches that are effective in preventing weight loss, building up stamina
and endurance, etc. I am taking twice-weekly
pulmonary rehab sessions.
This blog update is about 278 pages of
links to the news covering the last 90 days.
This has been a very busy period.
I have tried to list all veteran
legislation that was passed by Congress and/or enacted by the President. If I did not learn of a change in any
previously reported veteran-related legislation, then that legislation is not
mentioned in this update. Now is the
time to contact our elected representatives and senators to remind them of who
they represent. For more details about
pending veteran-related legislation, see the earlier/prior blog updates.
The links appear in the categories
listed below, including Veterans; Criminal Justice and Racism and Ageism and
other discrimination; Economics and Coronavirus; Economics and Corruption and
Healthcare and Education; Ecology and Pollution and Climate Change; Politics
and Coronavirus; Politics; Terrorism; Military; and General and Miscellaneous
(includes spirituality, music, etc.).
Don’t forget to click on the items in the column on the right to open
the pages for those categories. Then,
click on the link to each article for details pertaining to that headline.
The war of resistance by Ukraine against
the Russian invasion about 39 months ago continues. So-called peace negotiations seem to have
begun. Find these stories under
“terrorism.”
The world is struggling to determine if
the dominant form of government will be authoritarianism or democracy. Even here in the United States, long known as
the world’s beacon of democracy, there is a question about whether democracy
can survive without another civil war.
It must be noted that democracy is not a spectator sport; rather, one
must participate in the democratic process by supporting your preferred
candidates and legislative initiatives and voting in every election. Also, freedom is not free; in order for each
of us to be free, we must exercise our freedom and demand that our rights be
respected.
Let’s remember that two obvious
existential threats faced by humanity are climate change and nuclear
holocaust. To mitigate these threats,
the humanity of the entire earth must unite in common cause. We must each answer for ourselves what is
perhaps the most important question in the Old Testament, “Am I my brother’s
keeper?” We are all dependent on each
other. None can survive if we don’t all
survive. Humans cannot survive without
nature because humans are part of nature.
Perhaps if all humanity can unite, we can bring into existence a world
humanism.
We must continue to resist tyranny,
fascism, authoritarianism, racism, sexism, misogyny, xenophobia, ageism,
etc. The three impurities of life are
avarice, anger, and ignorance. What
others need from us is respect, kindness, and love. The more respect, kindness, and love that we
give to others, the more respect, kindness, and love we get in our lives and
the better we feel about ourselves. The
8 billion human beings on planet earth need to cooperate more with each other
and compete less with each other. We all
need to learn how to equitably and sustainably share the resources of the earth
with each other and with all other species on planet earth.
Peace, love, and respect to all. Feedback is welcome. My contact information is:
Email: ldholman40@gmail.com
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