

REMEMBERING WHAT TO REMEMBER
CONVENIENT MEMORIES DISTORT REALITY As America wends its way toward the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 disaster, there are still terrorists...
Sep 1, 2021


VACANT VACATION
CONGRESS ADJOURNS WHILE THE NATION BURNS While the fate of many in Afghanistan hangs in the balance, at least Americans at home can...
Aug 17, 2021


TRIUMPH OF IGNORANCE
“FREEDOM” FAILED TO SET US FREE A little over a month ago, those who were fully COVID-19 vaccinated in America were feeling pretty good...
Aug 1, 2021


AVOIDANCE
CONFRONTING AMERICA’S DRIVE TO COLLECTIVE AMNESIA It seems that there is a deep pent-up desire in America to avoid meaningful change at...
Jul 15, 2021


WHILE AWAY
SQUANDERED RESOLVE PUTS TRANSFORMATION AT RISK Now that the internationalists and their kindred neoconservatives have had their moment in...
Jun 29, 2021


AMAZING GRACE
COMPASSION PIERCES THE FOG OF INDIFFERENCE It has become so hard to be hopeful about America. Disappointment awaits around every corner...
May 9, 2021


"JUST" THIS TIME
A MOMENT OF RECKONING ON THE PATH TO JUSTICE “Justice” and “accountability” are often used interchangeably in public discourse these...
Apr 21, 2021


TRAINS TO NOWHERE
OBSTRUCTING GOVERNANCE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY It is hard to figure out why it seems so difficult to be a White guy in today’s...
Apr 3, 2021


THE PRIVILEGED PATH
PARTING WAYS WITH THE ORTHODOXY OF PRIVILEGE It is hard to figure out how anything as important as access to COVID-19 vaccines could be...
Mar 15, 2021


THE PERFECT GOOD
SEEKING A JUST AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY While keeping a wary eye on the Republican Party bloodbath from a safe distance, it is probably time...
Feb 25, 2021