What Would Grandmother’s Job Be?
What would my grandmother’s career have been if she’d had the educational opportunities I did.
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From Sand Creek to the Table Mesa King Soopers: Here’s What I Think
I think a lot of us are sick to death of political leaders who report to arms dealers. What do you think?
Read moreThe Soul-Sucking Ur-Obsidian Ceiling
I look around the world today and wonder just how human our billionaire overlords really are.
Read moreHey, Alexa
Yesterday I hit the button on my iPhone and said “Hey, Alexa.”
Read moreInauguration Day: Dignity Returns to the Oligarchy
“Better than Trump” isn’t the same as “better.”
Read moreTimetown: Happy Solstice
Yes, Folks, Jill Biden is a Doctor
For eight or nine centuries the doctorate of philosophy was eminently respectable, while the practice of medicine was still developing.
Read moreThe Progressive Response: Grief, and Tears
I wasn’t surprised by the election results. They’re still incomplete, and Biden may yet win, but regardless of the final tally half the country turned out to make clear just what they are. Just what we are. The thing that did take me aback a bit was the reactions of my friends. Sure, there was some outrage, as you’d expect.
Read more11.4.2020: American Democracy To-Do List
This will get us started. Did I leave anything out?
Read moreThe Ties That (No Longer) Bind
Make no mistake: Donald Trump is a referendum on what kind of human being you are. And you’re a referendum on me. We are who we ride with.
Read moreI’m Glad I Wasn’t Black Today
What can I say that won’t be proof of my privilege? Let’s be honest: right now, and in the near future, I get to be privileged white man on parade.
Read moreZen and the Highway
Ikkyū regards young Sōgi’s calligraphy as golden hour yields to white. “Your hand is inelegant, as always. It’s … bold, though.” Magpies screech disapproval from a nearby pine. A horn echoes through the courtyard. Sōgi looks in the direction of the disturbance. Ikkyū bows his head and sighs. “Forgive me for speaking out of turn, Master Ikkyū, but it would
Read moreDear Conservatives: It’s Judgment Day
This might be a good moment to break out your New Testament, review the parts in red, and consider the unsettling possibility that Jesus meant what he said.
Read moreTrump’s “Failure” to Denounce White Supremacy: Journalistic Malpractice in the First Degree
You at the Times … you’ve got something orange on your face. No, down a little, on your chin…
Read more#ArtSunday: Fall Flora
There’s something quite beautiful about this time of year, as nature begins tucking in and settling accounts…
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