I ❤️ LUCYIRONG

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I remember when America regularly tuned in on TV once a week to laugh with Lucy. I have non-stop live Yirong and cannot get enough. 

My mother used to say - Your father loves me and Angele Landsburry. I love Lucille Ball and my wife.. Many years later, from the moment I admired watching and listening to her playing music on Broadway until today, I have been blessed every day. Here she is after teaching my daughter and granddaughter the art of homemade dumplings. 

SPARE A DIME?

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There are over 700 events planned so far on No Kings Day. As the president defies courts, ignores the Constitution and punishes dissenters, all while he and his friends get even richer, June 14 may become largest and most widespread day of protest yet.

BULWORTH 25

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Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka summons the ghost of "Bulworth." I worked and appeared in this film way back when.

It captures a powerful intersection of personal memory, political history, and cultural symbolism. What emerges is not just a meditation on Mayor Ras Baraka’s current leadership, but a deeper examination of political lineage, cinematic legacy, and generational ideals.

MOTTO

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I breathe in courage, confidence, personal power, and compassion.
I breathe out fear, tension, anxiety, anger, and stress.

Love all. Trust a few. Do wrong to no one.

I keep my attention in the present moment.
This day, this breath, this is my life.

I live not for where I labor, but who I work with.
People matter most.
Life is nothing without the ones I care about.

I choose to live each day as if it were my last.
If today were all I had, I would ask:

What truly matters right now?

Who needs my love?

What can I release from yesterday?

I celebrate small wins. Every day matters.
Mistakes are teachers—I don’t waste them.
Obstacles become opportunities.
Comfort zones are meant to be stretched.

I live life on my terms, in alignment with my deepest values.
The meaning of my life is what I make of it.

I do not seek validation from others—I already have what it takes.
My body has carried me this far. I treat it with respect and gratitude.

I show kindness, even in difficulty.
I listen like I wish others would.
I give compassion, even if it’s not returned.
I surround myself with those who see the best in me, and I return the favor.

We either win or learn.
We are all works in progress.
We cannot save others, but we can offer them respect and consideration.

Time waits for no one.
Every new day is a chance to begin again.

SMARTER THAN MEN

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I have always told my students and colleagues that women are much smarter and tougher than men, and the SCOTUS ladies proved it.

This week, the women of the United States Supreme Court did something far too many men who are elected officials and represent male and female constituents have failed to do: they stood up for truth and justice and did so with clarity, courage, and constitutional conviction.

7164 LANGUAGES

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From English to Spanish to Mandarin to Hindi, there are over 7,000 languages spoken across the world so far, and we still cannot communicate with each other.

SERIOUSLY

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He was known as the Jazz Ambassador to the world. Maestro Willis Conover worked at the Voice of America and was best known to jazz lovers by his award-winning broadcast, Voice of America Jazz Hour. 

OCOEE

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The centennial city of Ocoee continues its commitment to a longstanding policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. 

MISSION JOURNALISM

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This is what my first newsroom typewriter looked like, believe it or not. When saying something true, although it seems unlikely. There is life beyond the news.

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