Writing the good read
People have been piling on Brian Williams for the last two weeks over his lapse of memory related to events that took place in 2003 in Northern Iraq. NBC suspended him without pay over it. But I think we need to take a beat before assuming bad intent on his part. I ask this as…
My shrink and I have spent a long time talking me into being less of a news junkie. Because when I focus on the news too much, I get depressed. Really depressed. Stay in bed depressed. So I have avoided the news as much as possible today. I know that five men decided that the…
I’m depressed today. Nothing like giving away something to make me feel better, right? So I’m going to post links to three stories, all recent. Succinctly tell me why I’m so upset (beyond the obvious). The closest answer gets a hard copy of the book California on publication, July 8. 1. The obvious: Oregon school…
I have no designs on public office, and given my strange history, I’m sure some political consultant would say that’s probably for the best. But if I was going to run for office, I would make the following promises: 1. I will never let the practice of my religion impinge on your freedom to practice…
Every time I hear something about the Trayvon Martin case, I feel sick to my stomach. There is no case, ever, in which it’s okay that a 17 year old dies of a gunshot wound. Part of what angers me is the case itself. George Zimmerman may very well have felt his life was in…