kind of behavior
could make a nun kick in a
stained-glass window
He’s tried to restore Confederate statues and names. He’s retreating from the Civil Rights Act of 1964. His flunkies have downplayed Black icons like Harriet Tubman, the Tuskegee Airmen and Jackie Robinson.
That kind of behavior could make a nun kick in a stained-glass window. And it certainly won’t get you into heaven.
From the opinion piece, Trump’s Slavish Stupidity by Maureen Dowd (Aug 28, 2025).
Maureen Dowd is an Opinion columnist for The Times. She won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary.
I like the writing of Ms. Dowd.
She has a way often of writing just what I feel.
She has a ‘style’ as they say, all her own.
Be that as it may, she is not above sneaking in the occasional odd reference to American literature.
In this case, a tribute to the great Raymond Chandler who wrote in his novel, Farewell, My Lovely, that wonderful line … “It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.”
I just wanted to say to Ms. Dowd, that I got it and I loved it.
PS – Found this in my drafts from back in August and never published it and as I am on vacation, I thought it would be a good day to use it.
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