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5 Keys to Successful Retirement
Ten years ago today, I retired. I must admit, I’m pretty good at it. A quarter of all retirees return to work, more often because they want something to do than they need the money. If you don’t want to … Continue reading
What’s in a Name: The Debate over Faneuil Hall
The names we give our streets and squares, civic and institutional buildings, are a direct reflection of our culture. Not as it is, so much as what we aspire it to be. Names bestowed memorialize for generations, sometimes even centuries, … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston, Faneuil Hall, Peter Faneuil, Sackler, Shapiro
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The Fog of War
I find myself spending less time reading the news these days. Not because there’s less news. (Hah!) Not because I’m disinterested. It’s because so much of the news describes the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. I know these are important … Continue reading
Tree Owl
Walking home from the gym on a drizzly day-before-Thanksgiving, a swirl of white attracts my eye, tucked between the vertical 2×4’s bound across most every tree on my ever-under-construction street. Upon closer inspection, it’s an owl’s head, painted on the … Continue reading
Greenwashing
Two facts that encapsulate the callous—maybe even downright cynical—attitude that humans have toward actually addressing business-as-usual in the face of climate change. If you think this UN flight-fest of talking heads to a place unfit for human habitation has anything … Continue reading
What is Your Junk doing on Our Public Sidewalks?
I understand. I mean, what’s a person to do? You’re tripping over the stuff on the bedroom, there’s boxes lining the hall, the attic is cluttered, the basement’s full, the garage hasn’t sheltered a car in twenty years, and both … Continue reading
Between Ta-Nehisi Coates and John McWhorter
I read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me. It made me uncomfortable. I felt his anger and frustration. I realized that I never would, could, experience such alienation. I live in a world that’s powered by people like me, … Continue reading
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Tagged Between the World and Me, John McWhorter, racism, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Woke Racism
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Questioning the Language of Solidarity
“In a broader sense, I know what happened to Iishea Stone: a luminous and extraordinary woman was failed repeatedly—by her family’s pathologies, by poverty, and by a social safety net that couldn’t seem to catch her, Had Iishea grown up … Continue reading
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Tagged homelessness, Jennifer Egan, John McWhorter, The New Yorker, Woke Racism
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Tribute to the New Rep
I received a message in today’s email: New Rep is closing its doors. This time for good. Forty years is a good long run for a theatre company. Still, I am so sorry to see the New Rep go. The … Continue reading
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Tagged A Normal Heart, A Raisin in the Sun, New Rep Theatre, Ragtime, Topdog Underdog
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Same Old Same Old Violence
Adrienne LaFrance’ cover story “The New Anarchy” (The Atlantic, April 2023) provides an historical perspective on the nature of violence in our country and how it cycles through history. This particular passage, centered on the early 20th century anarchist Luigi … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrienne LaFrance, anarchy, political violence, The Atlantic
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