I was on my way to Costco when I got news of the revolution. I started the day with the news that in response to some local politics, someone tried to throw a brick with the N word on it into the window of a local Black-owned coffee shop. It seemed like a big deal....
One day we will no longer live in pandemic-world and I will be able to start a blog post with a phrase other than "The other day on Facebook." But, we don't live in that world yet. So ... The other day on Facebook some parents were concerned about finals at the high...
Here in my middle class (increasingly upper middle class) suburb of Oak Park Illinois the mom groups are in a tizzy. It's not the usual tizzy about teenagers without bike helmets, or people putting their poop bags in strangers' garbage cans, or the difficulties of...
To help with a recent surgery I have been taking a water aerobics class. I go on Tuesdays and Thursdays and I am the youngest, by a lot. Most of the people in the class know each other. Some go to a "senior stretch" class directly after. Some go to water aerobics...
My uncle once told me a story about a job interview he had in college. Like me, my uncle has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Louisville. At the job interview he was asked "What do you hope to do with that?" To which he replied, "I've always thought that...
On Rosh Hashana we read the story of Abraham's attempted sacrifice of Isaac. It is a difficult story to understand. Previously we've been told how wanted and loved Isaac is. A late in life baby for his parents, their only child together, he is his father's favorite....