I’m not black. I’m not protesting, except in this blog. But I am afraid of what’s happening in Ferguson. Missouri and elsewhere. In a politically polarized country, it is vital that the criminal justice system – from cops to the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Postmodern Times
They used to tell children incessantly to act their age. I can vaguely recall resenting this demand. Acting my age always seemed to be code for acting the age of stodgy, unadventurous, grim visaged, grindingly responsible, Puritanical, humorless elders. Surely … Continue reading
We have reached the 70th anniversary of the atomic destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They ended a World War, ushered in a Cold War, and guaranteed we will live forever under a mushroom cloud. I grew up at a time … Continue reading