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About this blog: The Raucous Caucus shares the southpaw perspectives of this Boomer on the state of the nation, the world, and, sometimes, other stuff. I enjoy crafting it to keep current, and occasionally to rant on some issue I care about deeply...
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About this blog: The Raucous Caucus shares the southpaw perspectives of this Boomer on the state of the nation, the world, and, sometimes, other stuff. I enjoy crafting it to keep current, and occasionally to rant on some issue I care about deeply. My long, strange career trip has included law and management jobs in two Fortune 50 companies, before founding the legal search and staffing firm Cushing Group, Recruiters. I've lectured on negotiation and settlement strategy, and teach graduate courses at Golden Gate University (Adjunct of the Year for a doctoral seminar on business, law and society). Illinois, Texas and California (Inactive) admitted me to law practice; I hold JD and MBA degrees from the University of Illinois, and a BGS from the University of Michigan, with Distinction. There -- Go Blue! Personally, my daughters are a lawyer in NY, and a pre-med student in NM - their lives-and-times often animate these columns. I'm active in animal advocacy matters, having led a citizen team that took Alameda's city animal shelter to a non-profit operation - we saved $600K annually and the lives of some 700 companion animals/year vs. the City's best alternative. I'm delighted with that success. My family has re-homed 144 foster animals over many years; we host four boisterous border collies of our own. Mostly for humane movement efforts, I was nominated for GQ magazine's 2009 Better Men, Better World Award. You may notice that many of my rants relate to critter issues. In addition to the Raucous Caucus blog, I frequently contribute to The BARK magazine, and am a proud Moderator emeritus on the popular news and humor website
www.Fark.com. I prefer scotch over imported beer
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Doctor Angell (apologies to Shelley Fabares)
Uploaded: Apr 28, 2020
I've been impressed with the braintrust assembled by Gov. Newsom to address the Coronavirus health crisis. They are leaders in their professions - and parenthetically, they also look like they just stepped off the pages of Vanity Fair. One such luminary caught my eye - not sure why ;-) but I've been uniformly impressed with her contributions. And so, in tribute, I offer ...
(Doctor Angell)
(Sonia Angell)
(Doctor Angell)
You're an angel to me
Doctor Angell
I believe her
When she tells me that I must desist
She’s run the numbers and they show that Covid-19 persists.
Sonia Angell
How I want her
To show-up often on those noon updates
Her erudition and those slides
The science to translate.
I am home-bound
I’m not trav’ling today
I dream of beach-and-sea
And of Yosemite
Other gov’nors
Risk and ac-celerate
But I’ll just sit and wait
Data will aggregate
For Sonia Angell
She’ll crunch those numbers
They’ll advise when we’ll resume our glee
Californians from the Bay to the Hills of Beverly
I'm at home now
There’s no shopping today
Do boring household tasks
And fiddle with my mask
Other gov’nors
Set arb’trary dates
But I'll just sit and wait
Statistics will dictate
When Sonia Angell
Can release us
From our quarantine solitary
Then our state will show for all to see
That collaboration leads to vic-tory.
Doctor Angell
Sonia Angell
Doctor Angell
You're an angel to me (you’re okay too, Gavin).
Local Journalism.
What is it worth to you?
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