Yesterday I ended my six-week stint as an enumerator with the U.S. Census Bureau, going door-to-door as part of the…
How about showing a little decency?
Note: I call your attention to a website making its debut today, senseofdecency.com, which offers an opportunity for writers, photographers…
Flying the ‘Black Lives Matter’ Flag in a White Neighborhood
In the two weeks since a white Minneapolis police officer — knowing he was being videotaped — took the life…
A view from Minneapolis: ‘If you’re not in it for the long haul, just stay home’
Jamal Johnson has been in Minneapolis, Minn. the past three days during protests over the death of George Floyd, an…
Dollar for dollar, is this worth it?
As much as I want to save the U.S. Postal Service, this isn’t what I had in mind. An envelope…
ICE detainee dies of COVID in Otay Mesa; Batavia has 49 cases
After the first reported death from COVID-19 of a detainee in ICE custody in California, immigration advocates fear there will…
Recalling Kent State, 50 years after
Thirty years ago today, The Post-Standard in Syracuse, NY, published a series of articles I wrote about a Syracuse…
Pondering pandemic equations
The Coronavirus pandemic has taken many things from us. The ultimate loss, of course, is that of a loved one,…
It’s a ‘guy thing’ — and it sucks
There’s this guy I know. You might know him. He’s unhappy at work and at home, frustrated by life’s perceived…
Questions and answers, in isolation
While I’m lining up interviews with a few people I have in mind who can offer insights on this blog…
