I’ve been thinking about our national death wish. I'd finally gotten around to an essay about the California wildfires in 2018 and how quickly we seemed to forget about their horrors in the year that followed. It's also because we're now in the … [Continue reading]
Trying to identify who is (and isn’t) “an essential worker” is the wrong game to be in today. As the current upheavals are making plain: all workers are essential workers. Everyone who wants to work in America should be able to do so because: - … [Continue reading]
Hello everyone. I’m mostly holding up and hope this finds you holding up too. Recent weeks, but particularly this past one, have been like being in a foreign country while never entirely leaving the familiarity of home. I wonder if it’s been feeling … [Continue reading]
After my post about Kobe Bryant two weeks ago, I heard from a number of you who couldn’t get over the accusation of rape that still metastasized in the middle of his legacy. I'd acknowledged that Bryant was an introvert who still needed to tell his … [Continue reading]
When we change our routines in a fundamental way—either because we need that change or the interruption is foisted upon us—we sometimes experience our world differently when we return. Glimpses of those differences are possible after vacations, but … [Continue reading]
