Living in the virus bubble

4 years ago

I just got off the phone with my one-time office spouse, and I’m feeling guilty. Office spouses (Photo: The Mercury…

Here come the Democrats

4 years ago

Here’s something that goes around periodically — a satire of the Democratic national convention schedule. I’d be happy to publish…

A solution to the statue problem

4 years ago

I wish Jonathan Holloway well. The 53-year-old educator and historian recently became the president of New Jersey’s flagship university, Rutgers,…

Are you into (anti) social media?

4 years ago

Remember before the Internet, when you used to get gossip at the water cooler and the beauty shop, and you…

Small state, smaller racial idea

4 years ago

It’s always painful to admit ignorance, so it hurts when I say I had no idea that the full name…

Mt. Rushmore vs Crazy Horse

4 years ago

President Donald J. Trump’s visit to Mount Rushmore reignited complaints from Native Americans that the land was stolen from them,…

Not all come forth on the 4th

4 years ago

Welcome to July 4th, white people’s Juneteenth. Barbecue, fireworks, patriotism.  In my circle of Black friends (Black is now capitalized…

Russian roulette, or fabrication?

4 years ago

Did Russia do it? Vladimir Putin says no, and we know what that is worth. Trump: You wouldn’t do that.…

Mayor Weathervane surrenders to the mob

4 years ago

Once again Jim Kenney, Mayor Weathervane, has spun around and around and come out pointing the wrong way, in support…

You think Job had problems?

4 years ago

Look — up in the sky (depending on where you live) — that’s not Superman, it is the Sahara sand…