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Penelope at Lyric Stage: Worth the Wait
When someone hits you over the head with a new idea, the jarring bruise and bump negate whatever insight they wish to impart. But when they sidle up close and let their fresh perspective seep into you (as if you … Continue reading
The evolutionary upside of same-sex sex among primates
This article by Michael Johnson in The Washington Post, January 18, 2026 ticked my fancy. Perhaps it will resonate with you as well? As animals go about their lives ― eating, fighting, having babies ― they don’t always follow the … Continue reading
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Speakeasy takes on: JOB
Playwright Max Wolf Friedlich mines Chekov the moment the lights come up in JOB. A young woman stands firm, pointing a gun at a middle-aged man. Will it go off in Act Two? Since this taut ninety-minute thriller has no … Continue reading
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Year One of Trump 2.0
We’ve had a full year of Trump 2.0. What’s left to say about the man who’s dominated our news cycle every damn day for over a decade? We all know that he’s mean spirited and thin-skinned; that Roy Cohn’s star … Continue reading
Population Conundrum
I stand at my kitchen sink and watch Fred, my nine-year-old neighbor, play football in the backyard. He wears a helmet. He throws the ball. He catches the ball. He gets tackled. He exhibits fierce concentration as he plays all … Continue reading
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Tagged Cambridge MA, JD Vance, population control, population growth
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A Bit of New Year’s Humor
The December 22, 2025 issuer of The New Yorker features excerpts from the journal that longtime contributor Calvin Tomkins wrote during his 99th year. (Mr. Tomkins turned 100 on December 17, 2025). Some of his entries relive moments of his … Continue reading
Woman on Bus
Late December afternoon. Dark descending too early upon night. Sitting on a crowded 73 bus, antsy to be home. To be warm. I look up. See a woman sitting opposite. Chestnut skin, red tints glowing through her brown surface. Large … Continue reading
My Day at Prison
I go to prison, MCI Norfolk, about once a month. I have business there, assisting inmates with life sentences to prepare for their parole hearings, their sole chance of see the light of day free of bars. I love the … Continue reading
Black Nativity: Everything You Expect + a Few Surprises
Black Nativity By Langston Hughes Directed by Voncelle Ross Emerson Paramount Center December 5-21, 2025 In 1961, as if in anticipation of Black Power, Langston Hughes wrote a Christmas pageant unlike any of that time, telling the familiar birth of … Continue reading
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Tagged ART, Black Nativity, Christmas, Elma Lewis, history, Langston Hughes, music
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What We Assume in a Name
Ten years ago, I showed up at Bruce’s apartment in Atlanta. I was surprised to discover my couchsurfing host was African American. Yet, when I had a medical appointment with a guy named Kevin last week, I fully anticipated he’d … Continue reading
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