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July 2016

July 19, 2016

Law and Order: Donald Trump’s Fantasy

Donald Trump has promised us that he will be the candidate standing on the side...

June 2016

June 13, 2016

Profile of a Murderer

Don’t get me wrong. I am not generally a fan of profiling. I find it...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Punishment

Sandra Bland died in police custody, and now there is video available for all to...

June 2015

June 18, 2015

Crying Together

Maybe we could just sit down and cry together first. In the presence of Black...

June 10, 2014

Oops, Oh Well

Turns out there was another school shooting. Yeah, the one in Oregon, not the people...

October 2013

October 04, 2013

America…Where Do We Begin?

I can’t sleep. Again. Tonight I’m thinking about how, in the city where I live,...

September 2013

September 20, 2013

The Endless Seconds of Good

I was feeling a little shaky earlier this week, and it took me a few...

September 16, 2013

WTF?

Really, WTF? Has people shooting at strangers become a sort of national pastime? Are we...

September 12, 2013

Who’s In and Who’s Out of Institutions (and the immigrants between)

The British social anthropologist Mary Douglas had this to say about institutions: Inside a...

September 04, 2013

None of the Above

As I write, the President and Congress are discussing how to respond to the use...

August 2013

August 21, 2013

Heroes

Perhaps you have heard about Antoinette Tuff, who this week single-handedly prevented a massacre at...

April 2013

April 21, 2013

Looking for Words that Help

Here’s what I’ve been musing about all week, as events of all kinds have folded...

December 2012

December 15, 2012

The Day After Newtown: Finding Our Way

And so we wake up the morning after, and it wasn’t a dream. The children...

December 14, 2012

“Guns Don’t Kill People”

OK, so what if we accepted that “guns don’t kill people, people do”? Just for...

September 2012

September 13, 2012

Violence Begets Violence

I’m sure you’ve heard the aphorism, that violence never solves anything. It is a good...

September 12, 2012

Grief and Atonement

There are so many reasons to be filled with grief: the four diplomats whose lives...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

Hating Hateful Haters

Last week, advertisements began appearing at commuter train stations in the county where I live...

August 12, 2012

Imperfect Being, Seeking Balance

For several weeks now, I have been walking around my garden first thing each morning,...