So much bad news this morning as I watch the NBC-TV Today show. The heat in the West is oppressive and the fires are so destructive. I “know” some of those communities and I, involuntarily, begin to weep. I’ll limit reference to a link to fires in Oregon, and temperature in my former home community, Lancaster, California.

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Random list: The boys in Thailand and rescue team; fire fighters; displaced homeowners by fire and flood; President Trump….