‘Was he working?’
Nine years ago yesterday, Mike told me to tell his story. It wasn’t in so many words, of course. […]
Letters
The Angel Mike
I was visiting my family in South Georgia a couple weeks ago, playing with my brilliant and beautiful great-granddaughter, Reaghan, […]
Nine years ago today
Nine years ago today, I brought my son home to die. In my heart, I feel as though it could […]
A deadly budget
If the powers that be in the Republican Party want people to die, then they got it right with this […]
Sixteen in one day is no coincidence
The Jewish Community Center here in Asheville, NC, received a bomb threat yesterday. That, in itself, is scary enough, but […]
Holding out hope for the party
I was ready to make a very public exit from the Democratic party if Tom Perez won the chairmanship, but […]
An open letter to my anti-life members of Congress
Dear Sen. Burr, Sen. Tillis and Rep. Meadows: You know me. You know me because for the last nine years […]
My pussy hat is purple
In a sea of pink, I’m the one in the purple pussy hat. I was going to wear pink — […]
The modern scourge on our communities
Last week I wrote about the flooding of our communities with opiates, and later that day, I learned a friend […]
The new opium war
In the 19th century, the British sent tons and tons of opium into China knowing full well its addictive properties […]