Our surname has been much
in the news in recent days, as it is shared with a fellow who was recently
confirmed as the Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of
Justice, Rod J. Rosenstein. As you know, our family pronounces the name as if
it were spelled RosenstEEn.
Apparently, this fellow’s family uses the other pronunciation, RosenstINE. At 33:32 in the attached
video, you can see Mr. Rosenstein stating his name for the Senate Committee
considering his nomination. Given his current headaches, I am quite happy that we
are not, to the best of our knowledge, related to this Rosenstein!
With all the different
versions of the same set of events in Washington, DC floating around over the
last few days, I could not help but be reminded of the famous story of the
capital city’s namesake, George Washington, and his father’s cherry tree. We
all grew up listening to that story as a shining example of the value of
honesty. It turns out that the story is simply not true: young George never chopped
down that tree. But that does not change the moral of the story, and right now
a little straightforward honesty would be quite welcome.
Have a nice weekend.
Love,
Rebecca
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