If they can have fun wearing their masks, can’t we all? We Americans are largely failing at our jobs as citizens. We, myself included, are prone to taking personal insult to things that are not personal, and we argue about stuff in ways that make no sense at all. It’s cultish. “If Hillary Clinton was […]

Back on June 1, I blogged about a week that included great kindness I experienced, as well as  the mayhem of looting our neighborhood endured during the post-demonstration riots on the night of May 30th and morning of May 31st. I’m happy to say that we have all endured, and although some windows remain boarded […]

I hope you’ll watch it. After NFL player Colin Kaepernick famously took a knee to protest police abuse of Black people and broader racial inequality, some fellow athletes spoke out in support. A lot of people responded by saying “Stick to sports.” That always happens to sports figures who speak up about things outside of […]

When I was growing up with Type 1 diabetes (we called it “juvenile diabetes” back then) my mom, Flo, made me carry a medical card with me whenever I left the house. “I AM NOT DRUNK,” the card declared in all capital letters. “I AM A DIABETIC.” It went on to explain that if I […]

Hello everybody. Hope you are well. Let’s get the citizen business out of the way first. Here’s a reading assignment. It includes practical steps toward making things better. My finding this article was sparked by a conversation I had last night with two friends. Both are highly accomplished professionals working for publicly traded corporations. Both […]