Please Come To Boston (as the song goes)
Almost exactly 30 years ago, I first visited Boston. I was at PepsiCo and was invited to attend a senior
September 3, 2024
Reality Check #2: Where the Killing Comes From
The motivation behind the presidential order to reject people seeking to enter the US from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia,
February 10, 2017
Reality Check #1: Globaloney
America, it is said, is in a post-truthful state of mind. Anything can be asserted as a fact, especially when
February 8, 2017
The Greatest Game
In 1924 in Paris, a rugby team of American college players represented the USA in rugby at the Olympic Games,
June 19, 2016
A Week In American Life
For anyone wanting to make sense of America during the circus of the 2016 presidential election preliminaries, there are three
February 24, 2016
In the Penal Colony: This Way Out (part 3 of 3)
Image source: prospect.org Last week I wrote about the launch of the Marshall Project, a new not-for-profit, non-partisan journalism outlet
December 19, 2014
In the Penal Colony (Part 1)
Image source: wikipedia.org I’ve written from time to time about a societal failing that results significantly from a lack of
December 2, 2014