Carolyn’s Blog
Revealing Related Themes: Hasta Mañana and CNN Reporting
The struggle of immigration. The search for a better life. The emotional, physical and legal challenges. CNN well captures these central and driving themes in its 26 June 2024 report: Migrant apprehensions have dropped over 40% since Biden announced asylum restrictions, DHS says . As the CNN report then described, the Department of Homeland Security said President Biden’s executive action barring asylum at the US southern border had been established about three weeks prior to its reporting....
My Favorite Book
When you ask people their all time favorite book, many will answer, "the Bible." Others will name a memoir, or historical novel, or many other titles and genres for just as many reasons. For me it's The Saggy Baggy Elephant, a Little Golden Book published in the ‘40s. That's the story my then three- and one-half-year old son was reciting the day I discovered he had broken the code between letters and sounds and words, and pictures that were beautifully illustrated. He had a fantastic memory,...