Another shooting at my daughter’s high school this morning
"\"TweetShareShareMy daughter has said, without irony, that she thinks she\\u2019s going to get shot at school. Two faculty just did, and so did Luis Garcia just last...
Looks like Trump’s Save America PAC stole from its own supporters
"\"TweetShareShareMost interesting was the oft-repeated \\u201c1,000%...
A look inside opioid addiction and how to address it
"\"TweetShareShareThe central act of Larry Harrison\\u2019s day is to tip back a couple of ounces of liquid that tastes like pink cough...
The coronavirus booster shot is, ethically speaking, meat.
"TweetShareShareI recently had a conversation with a vegan friend of mine. The conversation was drifting into the ethical and moral arguments for and against the consumption of meat. This sometimes happens with vegans. I’m not a vegan, nor a...
Maria’s cousin is dead because Republicans are a bunch of pussies
"\"TweetShareShareI occasionally volunteer as a COVID-10 at the Salud Family Health Center in Commerce City, Colo. It\\u2019s a nice change of pace from my day \\u201cjob\\u201d at the keyboard. I use the only complete sentence in my Spanish...
A glimpse of the future on Galveston Island
"\"TweetShareShareHead a few miles up the beach from downtown Galveston and you can see the future. Galveston Island, like much of the Texas coast, is a spit of sand. Along its eastern flank runs hard-packed, broad beach more suited to strolling,...
Trump’s a bad choice for this beach dweller
"TweetShareShareI\u2019ve learned to ignore Trump 2020 signage and those who display them. It\u2019ll drive you crazy otherwise. More than 40 percent of the country will vote for a dangerous incompetent for reasons that make twisted sense (for the...
Covid-19 in CO and FL: A tale of the tape
"\"TweetShareShareI was reticent to travel to Florida from my adoptive home state of Colorado. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\\u2019s laissez-faire lassitude toward the pandemic \\u2013 to Floridians\\u2019 great detriment \\u2013 a has been all too...
Coronavirus is exponential math in human lungs
"\"TweetShareShareI have not rented space in a former Minuteman missile silo, nor have I stockpiled a cubic kilometer of toilet paper or a reservoir\\u2019s worth of PET water bottles. But Covid-19 is extremely serious, and it\\u2019s serious...
Death of democracy redux?
"\"TweetShareShareI’m always a bit laggard in my New Yorker reading and typically fall weeks or months behind — so it is when one’s New Yorker reading is done mainly while brushing one’s teeth and facilitating biological...
One story, two stories: the fictions of Fox News
"\"TweetShareShareWhat you think depends on what you read or watch. This applies broadly: a romance reader will see the world somewhat differently than a lover of thrillers, both by instinct and through the influence of what feeds their brains....
Impeach Trump: what’s the downside, really?
"\"TweetShareSharePeople who despise Trump will continue to despise Trump.\\nPeople who somehow don\\u2019t despise Trump will continue to somehow not despise...