In this country this week, over 70 million people felt the need to re-elect as President a man with a history of criminal behavior, a man who refuses to accept any authority other than his own belief system, a man...

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” (Isaac Asimov, 1980) I remember a night...

For the past 18 years, I have driven past the same abandoned farmhouse almost every day. Lace curtains deteriorated from year to year, their remnants hanging on like tattered flags left too long in the wind. Summer vines crept over...

We started watching “Madam Secretary” a few weeks ago, after hearing high praise for the Netflix series from a number of friends, and now we’re hooked. Last night we watched the episode in which Elizabeth is suffering from PTSD. She...

A friend of mine got his United States citizenship yesterday. A Canadian who has been in this country for close to 40 years, it took him more than two years and over $20,000 to complete the process. Both the time...

In a society based on law and order, the role of police is very specific. If someone has disobeyed a law, we give to police the authority to stop the person and issue a ticket naming the violation that has...

We need to begin a conversation about what will happen to the people among us who hold racist beliefs, once we vote in leaders of intelligence and empathy. The question is important. Everyone needs to belong. When people feel left...

Many of us are paying more attention now to the ways the system grinds away under its own power. In this article, I’m going to mention some recent decisions my own municipality has made, as if it is business as...

Imagine for a minute that you have a hankering to go to some far distant land that you have heard about. You’ve heard that the people there dress differently, speak another language, grow different crops, and live in homes constructed...

I’ve been watching Oprah’s special, “Where Do We Go From Here.” In this show, she is having a conversation with several prominent Black writers, researchers, change agents, and artists about their reactions to the murder of George Floyd.  As you...