Who Among Us

Dear Absentee Parents (you know, the ones always there for all the recitals but never the actual child-rearing, discipline, or corrective behavior): The rest of us are tired of your offspring. After having an opportunity to process the absolutely maddening, diabolical and chilling terrorist insurrection on the U.S. Capitol last Read more…

free·dom

Today’s Independence Day celebrations in The States typically bring to mind just as many commercial descriptors as reverential ones. What, with an ensuing 4-day weekend, massive holiday sales, sumptuous grilled meats and fiery sky explosions, who wouldn’t want to celebrate a day that allows for equal parts rest, relaxation and Read more…

Cop Out

If you’ve ever lived in a northeastern metropolis, the unwritten understanding has always been that so long as you go with the flow of traffic and are not behaving recklessly or egregiously, traveling a few miles per hour over the speed limit is not really considered a law breaking offense. Read more…