Election 2024
This week, I am indulging my misery and rage. Funny thing—I confessed that to a friend in a text, half-expecting her to diplomatically wag her finger a little and tell …
Think
For Republicans We Love: a monologue from Jimmy Kimmel
This is outstanding work. Take the time.
Vanderbilt 40, Alabama 35
Obviously, I didn’t care for the final score of Alabama’s game at Vanderbilt Saturday. However, part of me cared even less for the fact that Alabama in the second half …
No politics?! HA!
Clearly I was feeling aspirational and not particularly practical when I said in my very first post on this blog: “One thing you won’t find here is overt politics, red …
Kamala Harris sends it over the center field wall
The (only?) debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris was Tuesday night. I decided I couldn’t live-blog it because I didn’t know whether I would watch it all, but it …
Therapy in being heard and understood
I had lunch with my good friend Stephenie yesterday. It embarrasses her when I say nice things about her, so I won’t get too carried away. But I will say …
Craving a little normal politics
I last voted for a major-party candidate for President of the United States in 2012, when I did so for Mitt Romney. In 2016 and 2020, I could not vote …
Political corporate boycotts are silly
This week’s ninth- or tenth-greatest outrage in Western civilization, best I can tell from my feeds, is that Netflix co-founder and chairman Reed Hastings donated $7 million to a super …
The illusion of control
The grand tragedy of youth, of course, is that we don’t have the experience and resulting wisdom to fully appreciate it until after we’ve lost it. Then, when the gravity …
Welcome to the second half
This is the first blog post I’ve written since May 3 last year. I didn’t know how long the break would be, but I knew I needed it. (Turned out …