I’ve already applied for my refund on a faulty 2020, and written a scathing review (“poor quality, noisy, inadequate safety measures”). Frankly, it’s not been the sort of year I expect I’ll be fondly reminiscing about with old friends. There’s the day-job work simmering on the new desk that consumes …
The pandemic has made so many things different this year, and usually unpleasantly so. Just ask any parent trying to invent “school” at home. There’s the hassle of connecting their suddenly stay-at-home children to a remote learning environment where the teacher is as inexperienced in Zooming as the students themselves. …
Today — the 11th day of the 11th month — is honored as Armistice Day or Veterans Day or Remembrance Day. It was established to mark the end of the First World War, at the 11th hour of this day. It has evolved as a day to work towards peace, …
The anxiety brought about by watching the nation descend into bitterly partisan chaos has not been easy to bear. The usually reliable remedies have not worked. The brisk walks along the shore of Budd Inlet … hampered by breathing through a cotton mask. Mental busywork like cataloging 245 guidebooks to …
The last six months have produced all manner of reporting about what is problematic about the president. But beyond the White House, the Republican party and its adherents have displayed behaviors that are downright McCarthyite. I am distressed because I once thought American justice, American voting and American governmental norms …
The October surprise in California was the news that Republican “operatives” were setting out their own ballot drop boxes. On one hand, California does allow a person to collect and deposit ballots on behalf of others. But on the other… In the current climate of voter suppression and intimidation, do …
