I write this on International Pizza Day, so I wish you a Happy IPD, and a tasty pie made just the way you like it. We’re sad not to be celebrating in the usual way, i.e., the one described in How to Start Your Own Holiday. Also, please enjoy this essay I wrote about prayer… Continue reading Praying, But Not to God
Category: politics
Giving Up Thanksgiving
It took me a while to accept the fact that Thanksgiving 2020 could not be like all the others. The only way to celebrate it right was to give it up for the year. Read my essay here in The Washington Post. Read the rest here at The Washington Post. And/or read my previous Thanksgiving… Continue reading Giving Up Thanksgiving
The World Turned Rightside Up?
I’m a little late alerting my subscribers to my latest Washington Post column, but, it turns out, still too early for Trump supporters (and most Congressional Republicans) to acknowledge the results of the election. I doubt they will suffer the consequences of that behavior–and I fear the rest of us will. But if you go… Continue reading The World Turned Rightside Up?
The Bet
Why a couple of teenagers are convinced this will not end well. Read the whole essay here in The Washington Post. Read the rest of the piece here at The Washington Post.
Making Us Behave
On laws that treat us like kids . . . for our own good. By me, in The Washington Post. Click here to read the whole thing. Note: My father pointed out to me that I mention two house rules in the piece (as you’ll see), but named only one, apparently violating one of his… Continue reading Making Us Behave
Yes, America Is Sexist
So We’d Better Vote for a Woman Do you want to vote for Elizabeth Warren or Amy Klobuchar, but are concerned that a woman may not be “electable”? Allow me to point out two things: (1) The primary is your chance to show who’s electable by voting for the person you want to elect. (2)… Continue reading Yes, America Is Sexist
The Oscar Speeches I’m Hoping For
A meditation on awards shows, by me, for the Washington Post. Read the whole article here. Read the rest here.
Things Aren’t Quite as We Had Hoped
By me, for The Washington Post. Read the whole thing here. Read the rest here.
What If We All Just Thought for Ourselves?
By me, for The Washington Post. Read the rest here. Read the rest here.
Tiptoeing Around God Again
By me, for The Washington Post. Read the rest here. Read the rest here.