Charlotte's Web Thoughts

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Look, I don’t know for certain what happens next. I don’t think any pundit or reporter knows for certain what happens...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] It’s been nearly 90 hours since the first assassination attempt on a president or former president in more than four...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Last week, at his NATO Summit press conference, President Biden, in the midst of consistently demonstrating a widely-...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Fifteen years ago, on the banks of the Tidal Basin, with the Washington Monument in the background, I took an Oath of...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] It was June of 2019, and I had no intention of supporting former vice president Joe Biden in the primary for the Demo...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] This morning, the extremist conservative majority on the Supreme Court ruled that a former president has absolute imm...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Four years ago, at the height of the 2020 election, I stayed at a hotel during a short work trip, and late one night,...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] This past Wednesday, two climate protestors were arrested after they sprayed orange paint on Stonehenge, the famous p...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Yesterday, Republican Congressman Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma stood on the floor of the U.S. House in support of his am...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] I spent this weekend in El Paso at the 2024 Texas Democratic Convention, and it was a breath of fresh air just to be...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] It’s Pride Month, and I’m trying to remember that. Yesterday afternoon, I was walking through downtown D.C. on a few...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Many years ago, I belonged to a more conservative church; it could accurately be described as evangelical, and I coul...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas are deeply unethical. Their conflicts-of-interest are brazen and shameless, they are...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And yes, I am available for Pride Month speaking engagements . And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Every American of a certain age and older knows this...

For several years, as a young soldier, I took part in a special tradition for Memorial Day Weekend. At the time, I was in the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), based in Washington, D.C. When our unit wasn’t doing tactical training, we were carrying out military funerals. Whenever you see photos or video of soldiers carrying flag-draped caskets in Arlington National Cemetery, that was my...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And yes, I am available for Pride Month speaking engagements . And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] This past weekend, I was invited to deliver the keyno...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And yes, I am available for Pride Month speaking engagements . And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] When I was 14, I moved in with my father, who lived a...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com .] Yesterday, protestors blocked roadways in California, Illinois, New York, and Oregon, snarling traffic for hours and impeding travelers attempting to catch their outgoing flights at Chicago’s O’Hare Interna...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And yes, I am available for speaking engagements . And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Happy Tuesdays, folks! It’s that time again, though I admit I’m a...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And yes, I am available for speaking engagements . And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley has no time f...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And yes, I am available for speaking engagements . And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Happy Thursday, folks! This week’s edition is several days late....

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And yes, I am available for speaking engagements . And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Hi, Christian and trans woman here! Happy Easter to everyone who...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And yes, I am available for speaking engagements . And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] It's official: Beyoncé's eighth studio album "Cowboy Carter" drop...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And yes, I am available for speaking engagements . And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Earlier this week, I was flipping through the channels looking fo...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And yes, I am available for speaking engagements . And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Happy Monday, folks! It’s that time again. I’m sorry for missing...