#Pocalypso | 21st Human Rights Awards
2020-06-03 – Ayer por la tarde (yesterday evening), I attended (virtually) the 21st Human Rights Awards sponsored by the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC). That’s the organization I do volunteer […]
Tag Archives: Culture
Final Jeopardy Question: Kristallnacht? Or the End of Trump?
2020-06-02 – Yesterday, Donald Trump made a speech of sorts to the nation threatening to dominate looters and rioters. Like all Trump speeches it was a hodge-podge of slogans, but […]
#Pocalypso | It Will Take Forever to Read this Novel!
2020-05-29 – I may have mentioned here that I am studying Spanish. Sometimes it seems slow going. Sometimes it surprises me how much I’ve learned. I’ve been working on it […]
#Pocalypso | Harvard v. University of Chicago
2020-05-28 – Harvard versus the University of Chicago. That’s what stood out for me when I read the New York Times story about the white woman in Central Park who […]
#Pocalypso | I Do This to Hurt You (Even if it Hurts Me, Too)
2020-05-27 – Once you label someone the enemy, there’s a big temptation to take positions that are opposite of the enemy’s positions, regardless of what those positions are. We do […]
#Pocalypso | Not Everything Is a Friggin’ Chore
2020-05-26 – Hope y’all had a good weekend. I did. Let me tell you about the day I had yesterday. I woke up, put on my pants, got the leash […]
#Pocalypso | I’m Wearing a Mask—But Not for You
2020-05-22 – I am stoically wearing a mask. But I’m doing it for me, not for you. Mask advocates have been circulating the idea that you should wear a mask […]
