Gallery: "Americans"

modern dreaming

08/06/19 08:09

Last night a little Central American girl appeared in my dreams, waving to friends as she was taken away by ICE.

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Instead of the wind rustling the prairie grass, or seagulls squawking on the Eastern Shore, perhaps CBS Sunday Morning could leave us some week with a truly American sound: the POP POP POP of gunfire.

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guilt

07/30/19 08:41

You wonder about the relationship between our president’s hostile rhetoric and the recent spate of hate crimes. And maybe even the bison attacks.  

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Watching Robert Mueller yesterday I thought how wonderful it would be to once again live in a country where people of such probity, integrity, and selflessness actually get elected president.

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As more states legalize marijuana, “the new sobriety” is on the rise.

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Driving back from the spring training game with my friend Rob, I switched to the left lane as I approached the red light.

“You’re in the polite lane,” Rob said, aware that I didn’t want to block anyone wishing to make a right turn on red.

We’re off to Texas this afternoon, where, I imagine, the polite lane thrives. I’ll be back on April 8th.  

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