#Pocalypso | Re-Engineering Public Safety
2020-06-08 – If you’re horrified by the idea of “abolishing” or “defunding” police, I hear you. There are some bad people in the world. We need protection. But let me […]
Tag Archives: Culture
#Pocalypso | If You Don’t Feel Safe In Your Home
2020-06-05 – One of the most frequent justifications I hear for keeping guns in your home is safety. People say they can’t rely on the police to protect their families […]
#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 […]
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 […]
#Pocalypso | I Shoulda Taken a Picture
2020-05-21 – One of the regrets I had after our virtual dinner party on Tuesday was that I didn’t take any pictures. Yesterday, I took a bike ride on the […]
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