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Sep 24, 2024
Grown-Up Gratitude: Remembrance of things past
For me, humor has long been a tool of survival. I recall a specific moment when I was four years old, standing in our...
Sep 10, 2024
We Are What We Know
Fund ‘democracy coverage’
Misinformation is hardly a new problem, but it often spikes around breaking news events. Racist narratives and conspiracy theories have rapidly escalated...
Aug 13, 2024
Freedom of Information Act for the Win
As a guy whose maternal grandfather was a snitch for the U.S. military and the FBI, I have always been fascinated by government lies...
Jul 16, 2024
Making Change: Denominations of choice
It has been a long time since Americans got out of our election system, what we need to preserve our democracy and set the...
Jun 18, 2024
Thanks for Your Service
The decision made by the former president’s defense team members to relieve him of the burden of testifying in his own defense is a...
May 14, 2024
Free Enterprise Isn’t Free
A recent survey by the Leadership Now Project, a bi-partisan pro-democracy group of 400 corporations, reveals that 85% of business leaders believe a well-functioning...
Mar 19, 2024
Small (or No) Rewards
A reflection on a moment
As I descend (slip, roll, dive, tumble, freefall) into my mid-70s, I am learning to cope, not simply with diminished...
Feb 6, 2024
Another County, Not My Own
Politeness purge underway
When my Jesuit accountant father ripped our family from the belly of San Francisco’s Marina District and transplanted us to Larkspur...