Five Things: Best Summer, Immigrant Kids, Drugs, Nazis, Big Tobacco
Your Sunday Morning starts here.
On Monday morning I ironed some of my shirts and some of my wife’s blouses.
Every time I iron my shirts, I think of my mother, who taught me how to iron shirts. I always do it the same way, the way she taught me. And each and every time I iron, I think of her.
My mother died 30 years ago last Monday, on September 18, 1993.
I never take my shirts to the dry cleaner.
Think this summer was bad? It might be the best one you and I will ever see
Let’s start this newsletter with some light and upbeat reading.
The Kids on the Night Shift
When I was in high school I had to read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and I was deeply moved by it. After reading this article, I had to think about the book again, about the way immigrants were treated and about the way employers want to make a profit while totally neglecting the people who work for them.
The Woman on the Line
When I grew up in the 70s and 80s, on the German national evening news they usually had a tally on the latest heroin deaths, as this was seen as a huge problem for society back then. When we look at the USA, we see fentanyl and meth being the drugs that wreak havoc on society, tear families apart and cause countless deaths. I cannot imagine how emotionally hard it has to be to talk to people on the phone who call because they are afraid of overdosing.
The Race to Catch the Last Nazis
Should very old people who worked in concentration camps during the Third Reich still be prosecuted? Oh yes, they should. Germany neglected to put lots of Nazis on trial right after the war or just gave them a quick slap on the wrist and was very eager to forget. But we should never ever forget.
Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Big Tobacco
Oh, this is just too good to be true.
That’s it. Have an amazing Sunday!