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As the world revs up to back-to-work and back-to-school, I want to share this delightful—and sage—piece written by E.B White (author of Charlotte’s Web and other books). It was first published in The New Yorker on January 31, 1953. We … Continue reading
Adventures in Gender-Free Bathrooms
It’s August! Let’s be silly! After blogging for over a decade, I am humbled to admit that the most popular post I ever wrote was about squat toilets: Personal Hygeine Tips from the Developing World. Published in 2014—so long ago … Continue reading
No Way to Level the Playing Field
One for the first things an aspiring civil engineer learns how to do when seeking a flat surface upon which to construct a road or a building, is to balance cut and fill. Analyze the topography in three dimensions and … Continue reading
Everybody Loves…
A few weeks ago I watched Six by Sondheim an HBO (kind of) documentary, and (totally) kitsch love poem to the late, great Stephen Sondheim. The accolades to Mr. Sondheim’s talent were eclipsed only by the accolades—from everyone—for Stephen Sondheim … Continue reading
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How Oklahoma House Bill 1775 Could (Hopefully) Backfire
Victor Luckerson’s new book, Built from the Fire, a history of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and its reverberations through the last hundred years is unlikely to enjoy wide readership in any Oklahoma Public School. Why? Because Governor Kevin Stitt … Continue reading
While the World Searched for the Titan Submersible..
For over three days in June, the world was mesmerized by the loss and implosion of the Titan Submersible launched by the private company OceanGate Expeditions, to explore the remains of the sunken cruise ship, Titanic. Five people died in … Continue reading
Ten Million Cured…forever?
Fifty years ago, in 1973, the American Psychiatry Association (APA) made a diagnostic change at their annual conference, declaring that homosexuality is not a psychiatric disorder. Instantly, ten million Americans were cured of the disease our society had inflicted upon … Continue reading
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Tagged American Psychiatry Assn, APA, Gay Pride, homosexuality, Love is Love
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Brokeback Albany
In celebration of Pride month, I offer this glimpse of Gay America a mere eight years ago, in an essay I wrote in 2015. Next week, I will offer a view from today. I drove out to Albany to see … Continue reading
My Non-Bucket List
Last week I met someone who seemed interested in my bicycle adventures. “Oh, you have to cycle in Italy,” she told me. “Put it on your bucket list. Tuscany is beautiful and there are wonderful tours that go from inn … Continue reading
The Pointless Quest for a Frictionless Life
I was doing my circuit at the gym the other day; seated rowing machine to be exact. When I finished my reps, a guy across the room, seated with his iPad, wearing ear buds, told me to stop breathing so … Continue reading
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