Will do some phone banking for Hillary later today and then to debate party at local watering hole tonight. Later this week will do more phone banking/canvassing for Hillary and Congressional candidate Zephyr Teachout. She’s running for the seat in the district I live in. It’s crunch time, isn’t it?

In the meantime, I recommend reading this NYT editorial, no matter where you sit on political spectrum.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/opinion/sunday/hillary-clinton-for-president.html?_r=1

Steve Kerr is the coach of the Golden State Warriors. He is also a former NBA player. But what most people don’t know is that his father, who was the President of American University in Beirut, Lebanon, was asassinated in 1984 in a senseless act of gun violence there. Below is some excerpts of an interview of Kerr reported by the Washington Post. If you have time watch the full interview embedded in the story. It’s powerful.

“This is America. This is what our country is about. It’s a nonviolent protest. It’s what it should be about … I think Colin has really clarified his message over the last couple of weeks.”

“No matter what side of the spectrum you are on, I would hope that every American is disgusted with what is going on around the country, with what happened in Tulsa two days ago, Terence Crutcher … It doesn’t matter what side you’re on, on the Kaepernick stuff, you better be disgusted about things that are happening.”

“As long as the message is clear, I’m all for people speaking out against injustice. Whatever form that takes, if it’s non-violent and it leads to conversation, then I think that’s a good thing.”

Chip Kelly is the head football coach of the San Francisco 49ers. Below is his remarks at a media sessions earlier this week. Not everyone in the sport’s world is as supportive, some very critical. But interestingly, the support is more widespread than most people – and especially people who don’t follow sports – would think.

Here’s Kelly:

“You look at what’s gone on in Tulsa and Charlotte the last two nights, it’s an issue that’s at the forefront of our country. It needs to be addressed, it needs to be taken care of. Because what’s going on is not right. So, I think, again, [Kaepernick] is shedding light on the situation that is heinous and shouldn’t happen in this country. We all have inalienable rights as a citizen of this country. They’re being violated and that’s what I think Colin is standing up for.”