I’m Living in a Simulation!
It’s lovely, but can I trust it? I know better than to believe what I see I write this as I’m sitting on the patio of our corner lot, gazing out at the linden trees and honey locusts that reach…
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I No Longer Write About Politics
And here’s why It’s not that I’ve stopped caring. Quite the opposite. The last five years in American politics have been especially brutal, but I’m not pulling, turtle-like, into my shell — as tempting as that can be. And boy…
I Thought I Was Post-Racist
But yesterday proved me wrong, and I’m sad I could have grabbed the strap to my shoulder bag at any time The leather tote that held my small purse, laptop, iPad, and journal hung by one of its straps from…
Call the Crime by its Name
President Biden used the G-word. It matters On April 24, 2021, President Biden kept a campaign promise He became the first U.S. president to call the massacre of Armenians by the Turkish government between 1915 and 1923 what it was: a…
If You Thought the Election Made Americans Crazy
Just wait until the COVID vaccine rolls out The end may be in sight — if you’re farsighted As Americans hunker down for what we’re warned will be a dark winter, a prediction that’s already coming true with a horrifying spike…