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Father’s Day
I’ve been on the receiving end of Father’s Day for thirty years now; my children were born in 1989 and 1990; my own father died in 1994. Dad’s been gone so long that weeks, months can pass and he doesn’t … Continue reading
Everybody Wants to Get Paid for Everything
A couple of months ago The Boston Globe ran an article about the Dartmouth College basketball team, which voted to form a union. I imagined the writer trying mightily not to pen the story as satire. Which got me wondering, … Continue reading
My David Sedaris Challenge
David Sedaris is a well-known humorist; a go-to guy for wholesome satire with a touch of irony. He often writes about the joy and discovery of walking. In a recent article, he boasted of logging 40,000 steps and dreamed, one … Continue reading
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Memorial Day
This is a reprint of an essay from Memorial Day 2012. Unfortunately, it all needs to be said again, and again. Memorial Day has always struck me as a holiday in desperate need of a root cause analysis. We honor … Continue reading
All the Privilege I Cannot See
I can’t seem to get Alex Edelman’s Just for Us out of my head. I keep digging beneath the comic surface of his sometimes naïve, always humorous, wonderings about whether this fair skinned Orthodox Jewish man-child is actually white. One … Continue reading
Alex Edelman: Just for Us
You haven’t seen comedian Alex Edelman’s MAX special, Just for Us? You must. I first read about Alex a few years ago, in a profile of the Brookline-born comedian, so when his special appeared in my MAX queue, I hit … Continue reading
Building Our Way to Equity: A Convenient Fallacy
Over the last dozen years or so, I’ve watched my small, wealthy, city of Cambridge MA grapple with how to create a more resilient and equitable community. How to provide more affordable housing. How to encourage more sustainable transportation. And … Continue reading
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Tagged Cambridge MA, housing equity, pedestrian safety, social equity
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This Earth Day: Do Something that Hurts…Until it Feels Good
Ask any person if they are sustainable and the answer is a resounding, “Yes.” After all, we’re all good people, and we want to save the earth, so we do our part. This one recycles beer cans. That one installs … Continue reading
Wanted: Our Joseph Welch in 2024
Joseph Welch may not be a household name, but on June 9, 1954, the Boston attorney made an invaluable contribution to our nation’s democracy when he uttered the famous words, “Have you no sense of decency sir?” Overnight, the McCarthy … Continue reading
In Memoriam 69: Phil Saviano
I recently turned 69, a prophetic age for me, as three dear friends of mine died at that age. This month, I am posting a memorial to each of them, as they are all still very much alive in my … Continue reading
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