We’re All in this Together I must admit, sometimes technology is just plain fantastic. With the advent of self-publishing tools across a variety of platforms, I could be relishing a much-needed spiritual excursion to Lake Powell last week, all while publishing my column remotely so that none of you noticed a thing. Well, until now […]
Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should Back when I was in high school and arguing with my mom one Fall morning about wearing an earring in my ear, I remember raising my voice at her (always a dangerous proposition!) and, in the fashion of your typical, angst-ridden adolescent, declaring my hard-earned autonomy by […]
Up In Smoke Does it ever feel like the end of the world is upon us? For the folks in California and other parts of Western North America, it sure must these days. As they look out their windows at skies of apocalyptic orange, like they were somehow caught in the midst of a B-rate […]
I Double Dog Dare You, Republicans I miss you already, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I really do. This past Friday we lost a true legend- a champion of women’s rights and an advocate for the disenfranchised. And even though she was a diminutive Jewish woman who had spent the past twenty-seven years as a Supreme Court […]
A Life and Death Betrayal of the American Public I’ll be honest with you, I always try to be at least a week ahead on writing TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less. It’s probably the only thing that keeps me sane. Ok, my sanity might be debatable at best, but writing the column in advance […]
Is the Economic Bubble About to Pop? On Tuesday, August 18th, the S&P 500, a key index of the American economy, hit it’s first all-time high since February 19th. That means this year’s bear market was officially the shortest in history. All this is true despite the fact that the number of Americans seeking jobless […]
A Summer Well Spent Wow, 2020 sure has been one hell of a shitshow, hasn’t it? Global epidemic, racial protests sparked by gross injustice, a Trump presidency- it hasn’t been easy, folks. But perhaps it hasn’t been all bad either. Sure, we couldn’t get on an airplane to jet off to some exotic, far-away destination […]
Q is for Quack Back in the Fall of 1989, as a freshman in an Intro to Political Science class at Colgate University, I got up in front of my class and made a highly controversial statement. My idea, while sincere, was roundly rejected, and I was made to tuck my tail between my legs […]
Talk Dirty to Me: Sex and Language in the 21st Century A popular meme circulating via the Internet since 2011 quotes nonagenarian comedic actress Betty White thusly, ““Why do people say ‘grow some balls’? Balls are weak and sensitive! If you really wanna get tough, grow a vagina! Those things take a pounding!” The problem […]
The Intolerance of Intolerance What do the following people have in common? Noam Chomsky, Gloria Steinem, JK Rowling, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, Garry Kasparov and Malcolm Gladwell. Your initial response might have something to do with the fact that they are all “wicked smaht” as we used to say back in Boston. And while I […]
