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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

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

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

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

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

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

The ultimate challenge is could you do what Jude’s friends did? The answer will almost always be no, but we try. We do the best we can. Yanagihara has set the bar impossibly high Read More

Writing with the idea that "nobody will ever read it" would have been crippling. After publication, after a lawsuit has been filed, it’s too late to retract. Read More

I ask myself what a person who wants to survive and thrive does in this suicidal world. Read More