An influencer I am not!

My reach is limited.  But, that does not prevent me from writing about important and urgent issues.

I am referring to writing that is more than blogging (which also has only a limited reach.)

This post has two exhibits.  What you do as a result is beyond my reach ;)

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Exhibit 1: An email that I sent to a couple of friends:

After thinking about it for a while, I decided that I would bug you to contribute to three campaigns.

1. Evan McMullin in Utah: (Click here to donate)

He has excellent credentials.  This time, he is running for the Senate seat from Utah.  Democrats decided not to field a candidate and are supporting McMullin, in order to unseat the current senator Mike Lee, who worked closely with tRump to overturn the 2020 election results.

In a deeply Republican state, McMullin has narrowed the gap against Lee, and is within 4 points now.

2.  Raphael Warnock in Georgia. (Click here to donate)

Senator Warnock has built up a 10-point margin against the tRump-endorsed Herschel Walker.  But, we cannot take any chances.

3.  Stacey Abrams in Georgia (Click here to donate)

Abrams lost the governor race by a very narrow margin in 2018.  This time too the race is tied.  We need to get every voter to vote in a state where the GOP has implemented various voting restrictions in order to dampen the Democratic turnout.

If you think such a message is worth sharing with your friends, yes, please share because real friends don't let friends vote for authoritarians ;)

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Exhibit 2: Letter to the editor of The New Yorker

Dear Editor:

On the last day of its 2021-2022 term, the Supreme Court struck down an Environmental Protection Agency plan to reduce carbon emissions from power plants, thereby choking the federal government’s ability to fight climate change.

That same night, I read Annie Proulx's essay on the delicate and important role of swamps in our local and global ecosystems.  Proulx wants Americans "to see wetlands as desirable landscapes that protect the earth," especially against climate change. 

Unfortunately, the conservative justices appear more committed to their political ideology and are less concerned about wetlands and peat and various plants and animals that are affected by our voracious appetite for natural resources, which results in life-threatening accumulation of carbon in the atmosphere. 

Justice Elena Kagan summed it up for all of us in her dissenting opinion, where she wrote: "Whatever else this Court may know about, it does not have a clue about how to address climate change."

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(From you know where)