Looking backwards, we cannot be surprised how we got here. There have been many excellent deconstructions, from Ava Duvernay’s 13th, to Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste, to Jane Mayer’s Dark Money — all wonderful content that paints pictures of rich elites fomenting racial discord by connecting dots in thoughtful, measured, ways. Gazing…

Mortality nears, and people get insights. According to a recent WSJ article, Charles Koch has just decided that he would like to do things differently. After spending hundreds of millions of dollars for political philanthropy — from swaying elections to packing the court system — with tax benefits only billionaires…

OR Campaign Reform? OR How Many Texts Asking for a Donation Should One Person Receive? It’s November, we had an election. For what it is worth, I am personally mostly aligned with the results, though disappointed that partisan hacks that seem to care more about power, than sincere patriotism —…

Our current realities? From a Facebook that fractures our society by not endorsing facts, to an Uber exploitation of the shared economy model, to the truly nefarious dark corners of our web — our current media vehicles are the message. These tools, with their viral power — both for good…

3 marriages. 5 military deferments. 6 bankruptcies. 1.2 million COVID-19 cases, 76,000 deaths. One nation. Potentially sick and bankrupt. Some numbers apply to an individual. Several numbers apply to all of us. The reality right now is that the thing we are having a hard time figuring out is —…

We are at a moment when we can — and must redefine what it means to be a “citizen”. …

Do you know me, that person you don’t see The teacher, the social worker, the EMT, that’s me I am that strand in the social safety net That now broken bet Sadly,, Time for all us to fret Cause it ain’t about us, we are all on a broke down bus Crashing towards a future wall Where there will be nobody to call Oh, my country tis of thee, broken US Sadly,, Time for all us to fret But in our coffee shops, on our playing fields

Questions that Come Up, if Working at Home — With new schedules, new considerations — come new perspectives — some serious, some trivial. …

St. Paddy Day Green (Not a new Band), Merry Go Rounds, and Prisoners — Exchanging Private Interest, Public Risk for a New Future I am a middle aged tax payer. I have bought a house, raised two daughters into independent adulthood, buried my parents, have (had?) a fairly viable 403b…