Incivility as the new “normal.”
You never know who has a gun. That’s what I told the sheriff’s deputy I spoke to yesterday when I […]
Yeah, yeah, thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers …
It happened again yesterday. A white man with a gun killed five innocent people. But this one hit really close […]
Now is not the time to panic
Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring, and on hearing the news, most of the people I know and respect felt utter […]
Whom do you serve?
I was away for a week, camping at Acadia National Park in Maine with no phone service or Internet. […]
We have lost a friend.
Anthony Bourdain’s suicide has shaken me. I feel as though I have lost a friend. I think a lot […]
You can’t erase their lives
I got arrested again. For the fifth time, I was arrested for trying to speak to lawmakers about the mess […]
On Memorial Day, we should stand (or kneel) with those who protest racism
First of all, let’s get one thing straight: The protest of taking a knee while the National Anthem plays is […]
What does one say on Mother’s Day?
What do you say on Mother’s Day when the mom you’re talking to has lost a child, or to a […]
You’ll never convince Fox News lovers they’re being lied to
Let’s get a few things straight here. Robert Mueller has some pretty damning stuff by all accounts. However, we don’t […]
We’re using Nazi tactics on immigrants. How is this OK?
We have become the very thing we have claimed to hate the most: Nazis. Across the country, immigration agents […]