Marriage Before Children?
February 5, 2026—Right-wingers are promoting marriage before children (MBC). Indiana is considering a bill to require teaching this in school. I am sympathetic with this view. That’s what I did. […]
Tag Archives: Family
Thirty-Five Years Ago
February 2, 2026—Thirty-five years ago today, I said “I do” to the love of my life, Kit, and she said “I do” to me. I had no idea what we […]
What About the Living?
January 19, 2026 – Yesterday morning’s grocery run was interrupted by the following upsetting NPR story: “Families of Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza Are Retrieving Sperm from their Bodies.” The […]
Using a Bidet Is Like Riding a Bike
2022-01-10 – Everything is like riding a bike, apparently. If you’ve ever shopped for humorous mugs, you know that this is the truth. Except everything is on fire. We have […]
The Un-Masking of Donald Trump
2020-07-21 – I’m sure that many of his followers were relieved to see the Donald in a mask. Contrary to conventional wisdom, these people are not stupid, just human. They’ve […]
#Pocalypso | A Zoom Father’s Day
2020-06-22 – 1:30. Time for the Zoom call with my boys for Father’s Day. Then Zoom. It was over. I was sad. Though I did get a great Hawaiian shirt […]
#Pocalypso | Remembering Jewnteenth on Juneteenth
2020-06-19 – I was thinking about ways to observe Juneteenth while sheltering in place. Of course, there are streaming events and concerts, and I’ll probably tune in to one. And […]
#Pocalypso | A Pandemic of Kindness
2020-06-18 – It’s a common observation that disasters can bring out the best in people. That, of course, is never the whole story. While it brings out the best in […]
#Pocalypso | Good News for a Change: LGBT Protected by Civil Rights Law
2020-06-15 – Good news in a season of bad news: the Supreme Court ruled today that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT workers from job discrimination. […]
#Pocalypso | Dear 2020 Graduates . . .
2020-06-12 – Dear 2020 Graduates: Congratulations on your achievement! I know that your final year didn’t turn out as you expected. Graduation is supposed to be a fun and exciting […]
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