Friday, February 24, 2017

about burying family


She flew home to bury her sister for Christmas and caught the return flight two days later. People started asking how she was. "People die all the time," she thought. "What difference does it make if it happens to me or you or anybody else?"


Friday, February 17, 2017

about the politcal landscape after Trump's first month


Instead of building their local networks and promoting policy positions to win voters back, Democrats are banking on a Trump administration implosion. Presumption and inference will not do it, though. A Bangladeshi factory is standing by, ready for orders to produce t-shirts emblazoned with "Four More Years."

Friday, February 03, 2017

about people


When someone tells me how smart their dog is, I think of how dumb the person must be.