It's my annual posting of my summary of the History Channel's Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas. Part of our American Christmas tradition is for people to throw around the phrase "the true meaning of Christmas." What that phrase usually refers to is an...
Bad news AND good.
1951 short story predicted people staying at home, staring at screens.
These have nothing to do with what you eat or how you exercise.
The belief “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life” has created a spectrum of hypocrisy.
Seeing us as idiots is easier than seeing us as complicated individuals with various challenges.
It’s all right for white people to not make a statement to people of color about the Chauvin trial.
When racist violence prompts you to reach out to a person of color, a better gesture might be to send that outraged text to a white person.
My latest Medium published story is called The U.S. is 244 years of hatred. In it I write about how much many Americans hate people of color, which I'm reminded of as I imagine how many white supremacists must feel just fine about COVID-19 killing more Blacks and...
Previous post on the coronavirus: Eat to resist Covid-19 Chicago's shelter-in-place order started at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 21. I scurried out for a roasting pan at 4:00 p.m. This was my experience. And I'm kidding about this being a "photo essay." I'm no...
Ignorant Americans everywhere are avoiding their local Chinese restaurants, shops and neighborhoods because they're afraid of the coronavirus. In Chicago, Chinatown restaurants are suffering from as much as a 50% decrease in business. Why do they think every...
According to Wikipedia, International Childfree Day was started in 1973 in the United States by the National Alliance for Optional Parenthood, which at the time was the National Organization for Non-Parents. The day was originally Non-Parents' Day. I like the...
It's my annual posting of my summary of the History Channel's Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas. Part of our American Christmas tradition is for people to throw around the phrase "the true meaning of Christmas." What that phrase usually refers to is an...
Inspired by the final blog post of Obesio the Loser, a former online-friend, here's a list of stuff I've noticed over the decades. 1. Sometimes it gets better. Sometimes it doesn't. 2. No two people are exactly alike, but few people are genuinely special. 3. I still...
Look, people, this is the United States. Mass murder by gunfire isn't going to stop and Congress is not going to pass legislation to restrict access to guns. Gun control is a dead issue, no matter how much we might hope it's still up for discussion. As I said before,...