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update May 13, 2024

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The President of the United States

Holding the office of President is our country’s highest honor but the job of president has become so thankless I wonder why anyone wants to do it. But I am grateful that people are willing to do it, and other government positions, both elected and appointed.

The president of the United States is the:

U.S. head of state
Chief executive of the federal government
Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces

This is my tenth year of blogging, during which time there have been three United States presidential elections in 2016, 2020, and 2024, and I have written about all three.

Dr. Jill Stein has ran in two of those, including the current one.

Jill Stein, M.D., internist

Dr. Jill Stein is the Green Party candidate for President.

About Dr. Stein

Dr. Stein graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1979.
Her hobbies include writing and performing music.
She ran for President in 2012 and 2016, also on the Green Party ticket.
She is a physician’s wife, mother, internal medicine physician/teacher, and “environmental-health advocate.”
She developed the “Healthy People, Healthy Planet” teaching program.
She has been interviewed on the Today Show, 20/20, and CBS News.
In Massachusetts, she ran for Governor, State Representative, and Secretary of State.
She co-founded the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities, a non-profit organization.
Her personal interests include ecology, social justice, grassroots democracy, and non-violence.
She has advocated for several environmental issues in her home state-

Mercury contamination of fish
The “Filthy Five” coal plants clean up
Mercury and dioxin contamination from burning trash

Dr. Jill Stein is the recipient of several awards, including Clean Water Action’s “Not in Anyone’s Backyard” Award, the Children’s Health Hero Award, and the Toxic Action Center’s Citizen Award.

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updated August 23, 2023

Every valley shall be raised up,
    every mountain and hill made low;
the rough ground shall become level,
    the rugged places a plain.
And the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
    and all people will see it together.
Isaiah 40:4-5, NIV

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. quoted this scripture passage from Isaiah chapter 40 in his famous speech at the “March on Washington” on August 28, 1963.

(Interestingly, this passage was also used as the lyrics for one of the songs in Handel’s Messiah.)

“I have a dream.”

“even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. “
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

On the third Monday of January every year, the United States observes Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as an official federal holiday.

Listen to and read the full text of “I Have A Dream”.

The Reverend Dr. King led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. His famous speech, delivered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. is remembered, read, and recited by people all over the country on the anniversary of his birth each year.