What did you think when you heard President Obama say, “If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” Did this statement make you angry or nod your head? Prof. Elizabeth Warren shares this bitter ideology and has used it against Sen. Scott Brown.

The Gaymark barrel has hung out in front of our property for nearly 70 years, at least since the place was owned by the Balls and later their daughter. For years it was one of the items on scavenger hunt lists and some kid would swipe it for a day or two but it always reappeared. About five years ago it got swiped one weekend during a spate of similar thefts that included the Camp David sign from in front of Larry David’s place.

It was one of those sunlit, breezy exquisite Monday afternoons driving down State Road in light traffic from up-Island near Lambert’s Cove Road in West Tisbury. Through my windscreen I observed four rather burly young guys approaching me from Vineyard Haven on their obviously rented mopeds.

As many Americans attempt to make sense of Justice Roberts’s convoluted decision, we are reminded that in at least one recorded interview, Mr. Obama insisted in his own words and voice that the penalty phase of the deceptively-misnamed Affordable Care Act was not a tax. Despite the president’s previous assurances, now the main premise of the law has just been upheld on the grounds that it most certainly is a tax.

Here’s my fresh seeds idea. How about a press conference given by President Obama announcing no more door-to-door or canvassing calls until September, and a reduction in television ads until after Labor Day?

Before Meals in the Meadow this past Saturday night, I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t know all that much about the Farm Institute — mostly that a friend’s daughter was involved and loved it. But I left Saturday’s event with a sense of amazement and appreciation for all the Farm Institute does for the Island and, really, the world.