Government Is Shutting Down in Impasse
800,000 Face Furloughs; a Million More Are to Work Without Pay
Hard times — a Congress locked in venom and contempt for those with whom one must negotiate, “partisan” is a common adjective for elected officials at the national level; Detroit city caught in uncertainties about bankruptcy that stir mistrust and fear for the future; UDM negotiating a McNichols faculty contract turned acrimonious and hurtful.
The Federal deadline arrive today. A marker day for a Congress locked in venom and contempt for those with whom one must negotiate.
Today’s poem could be a blessing for people laid off this morning, or a blessing for all of us who come to UDM to work at the labors of education.
john st sj
The Manoeuvre
I saw the two starlings
coming in toward the wires
But at the last,
just before alighting, they
turned in the air together
and landed backwards!
that’s what got me —
to face into the wind’s teeth.
William Carlos Williams