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Politics seems to dominate every aspect of the American conversation. Whatever the event or issue, it gets interpreted through a political lens and a divisive one at that. Is there anything political that Americans agree on? According to a July-August 2020 report from the Pew Research Center American Trends Panel, the answer is yes. For… Read more

The term itself, essential workers, is new to the vocabulary in general public use, although we’ve heard it used more narrowly during threatening events in which non essential workers were told to go home. Who was essential was never defined, but it was understood to include at least police, fire and hospital staff. COVID has… Read more

Follow the money has been the mantra of investigative reporters since the Nixon era. But money may not be the only thing to follow. One might also follow the advantage. To whose advantage is a particular incident or string of incidents? It’s a question to which answers can shed light on murky subjects. Following the… Read more

Many thousands move across country every year, but I have not been among them for twenty years, and as an elder, the experience has been unsettling in unexpected ways. For one thing, a new place in a strange setting creates a lot of awkwardness. Without the open skies and mountains, I find it hard to… Read more

I’ve tried to keep up with the Republican convention, but have time for only bits of the live action filled in with reliable (fake) news reports. Ticking off untruths and bald faced lies soon outstripped my abilities, but they were to be expected from this gang. What has troubled me more is the eerie similarity… Read more

The ancient prophet Isaiah reminded the wayward Israelites of his day to “Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.” The apostle Paul, echoing it, reminded his readers not to be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of minds to more… Read more