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.” Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
St. Mary's In Hoboken By the time Mary Ellen arrived today I thought it was so old-fashioned to have a female nurse. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more