College Graduations Remind Me of Yom Kippur
2015-05-15 – College graduations remind me of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement—a big crowd and a long ceremony devoted to examining your life. You’re probably a little hungry, […]
Tag Archives: Life
The Fake Wars—#Aftselakhis
2017-05-01 – Happy May Day! If you want to get your hackles up over whether May Day is a labor holiday, welcome to the fake wars. Fake wars are wars […]
Spring Has Reluctantly Arrived
2017-04-17 – Spring has reluctantly arrived and it wants you to know that it’s arrival is not a political statement. Spring does not approve of the Trump administration in Washington […]
The Problem With Reality Is . . .
2017-02-27 – You don’t need to lie to distort the truth. When the news media dwell on crime, you feel under siege. It doesn’t matter whether crime is rampant or […]
For Better or For Worse
2017-02-02 – “For better or for worse.” Lately we’ve been talking a lot about “the worse.” It appears that our country is heading into bad times. We’ve all said “I […]
Facing Real Reality
2017-01-05 – A common complaint about Republicans, and Donald Trump in particular, has been that they operate at a disconnect from reality. Facts don’t mean anything. There’s no excuse for […]
I Am Missing the First Soul-Killing Freeze of the Season
2016-12-15 – I’m in North Carolina and I am missing the first soul-killing freeze of the season. The weather is not such a treat here. We had weather like this […]
