I was so very proud of the town I live in yesterday. New Hampshire is not a state known for its diversity. In the 2010 census we were 94% white. The few […]
Growing Up On Long Island: Racism 103 – It Gets Worse
In my last post I covered how the police started treating the neighborhood differently once we were “mixed.” What could have been a very bad incident didn’t bring police in until shots […]
Growing Up On Long Island: Racism 102 – When the Police Treat You Different
As I mentioned before, I grew up in a town that went from being a town of mostly Jewish and Italian residents to multi-cultural. Those changes brought about pushback from the white […]
Growing Up On Long Island: Racism 101
I’ve often said Long Island was one of the most segregated places in the nation. For all the talk about the northeast being filled with “liberals” I didn’t see a lot of […]
A “Nice” Person Doesn’t Suddenly Become a Racist
People are talking widely about the Amy Cooper incident in New York City. If you haven’t read the stories or seen the video, she had her dog off-leash in a section of […]
Calling Out Misogyny on the Internet
I’ve written before about misogyny on my old blog. Along with racism, it’s one of the scourges of our modern times. Just as many racists will swear up and down they aren’t […]
Corona Virus Diaries – May 13, 2020: Freedom of Speech and Becoming a Better Person
We’re steady at 37 confirmed cases in the county, despite increased testing. There’s now a drive-thru testing site about 20 minutes south of us. I just wonder what the count would be […]
Corona Virus Diaries – May 8, 2020
Our county now is showing 35 known cases of Corona virus. I say “known” because we didn’t have abundant testing until very recently. Who knows how many people have had it already. […]
Corona Virus Diaries – May the 4th Be With You
I’m a Star wars geek from the first movie back in 1977. I saw it seven nights at the $1.50 movie theater in town. I scheduled my driving road test for the […]
Life, Death, Health Care & Dying – My Opinion
I read something earlier this week about how the European approach to health care and dying is so different from here in the States. It was an interesting read and gave me […]
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