There is so much of the last four years that could be written about. Every day it seemed like there was another event that was, at the very least, unethical by what […]
Thoughts For September 19, 2020
Fall has come to Northern New England; a little earlier than usual. I don’t know if it’s the smoke from the wildfires cooling it off sooner, or the effects of the moderate […]
Black Lives Matter Protest in North Conway
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 […]
Thoughts From the Mountain Top 