Now, are there problems with Talbot's book?

I mean a few; the guy is a former Salon editor, so you gotta know he likes to get super dramatic. He also, like many liberals, has a very idealized version of Kennedy in his brain, and it's not necessarily the image I share. In his telling, Kennedy was about to end the cold war, which I don't think is fair based on the evidence. He also lends far too much credence to the idea that Kennedy knew NOTHING about Lumumba and Diem which I do not believe.

Our flag.

Illustration: Aida Amer/Axios

When I was buying groceries the other day, I noticed that the cashier reminded me of an online friend I have known for years. And I got to thinking, what if my friend worked as a cashier at a grocery store? Customers would then see her, watch her scan items and pack them dutifully, hear her small pleasantries as they paid, and then leave and think no more about her. Nothing in that transaction would give them the slightest clue about her boundless creativity, her rich mind, her deep heart, all of which I have grown to admire and love. They would have no idea what an amazing person she is.

And then I wondered if perhaps my cashier today was in fact an amazing person and I simply had no idea. And now I am contemplating the notion that every person we see, that we pass by without a thought, might similarly amaze us with their depth and their wonder, if we only had the time and opportunity to learn them. I am left with a sense of being surrounded by invisible riches.

We are posting this placard at all of our offices and asking our union contract farms to post as well.

We encourage our friends to put up similar placards at their business as immigration agents do not have the right to go on private property without permission.