Uvalde: The Third Remembrance
The date of May 24, 2022 will always live in infamy: 19 students and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School murdered by a disturbed young man who then took his own life, all while more than 350 law enforcement personnel of various types did basically nothing constructive. Each year, this small town an hour from […]
Sam
Was her name Kedra, or was it Drake before it became Kedra? There is a story, told to Sam much later, that she was a he at one point many years ago. To Sam’s eyes and to his touch, there was no evidence of a prior person, but he could not help thinking, ‘was he […]
Mid-Summer 2025 Thoughts on Immigration
It is not possible to be calm The subject of immigration always has enough moving parts to fill an entire shelf of books at my favorite café, aka Barnes & Noble. Nonetheless, in the current environment, attempting to persuade kangaroos to march in line is easier than writing a cogent, comprehensive, readable essay about immigration, […]