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News & Book Reviews — Page 17

No More Grumbling!!

I put my hand on Brad’s shoulder and said, “Just in case you thought that white people don’t notice this sort of thing, aren’t bothered by it, I want you to know I noticed.” 

My 2016 Inaugural Day Celebration

In the hospital, with help from an Iranian, Bosnian, Pole, Pakistani, Italian-American, German-American, and a woman from China. That’s my America.

Is This All You've Got?

Now, Colbert, Noah, Bee, Maher, Collins, Dowd, and all the others, let’s see if you can be brilliant enough to take our minds off of the Trump theatrics. We are addicted and we need effective rehab.

We hold the trump card

Donald Trump is easy to figure out – many of us have known, or heaven forbid, had to work with, a sly, uninformed, vengeful, and narcissistic bully with a bunch of college degrees. Our reaction to him is what we have to watch.

An Open Letter to Don Gerardi

E pluribus unum. We’re all in this together. Speak to me.

Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny

Perhaps this is the moment when the Civil War has finally ended, and the South has won, led by a Yankee quisling.

St. Mary's In Hoboken

By the time Mary Ellen arrived today I thought it was so old-fashioned to have a female nurse.

Weehawken Traffic Court

I’m an old white lady. They’re not going to shoot me, probably. But black men have been pulled over and subsequently shot for a malfunctioning headlight, or, like Trayvon Martin, for nothing at all.

Plagiarism — why I like it just a little bit

This is an unethical practice, but the business world is full of unethical practices. It is up to me to figure out a way to circumvent them.