Category Archives: American Way

Another School Shooting as America Sleeps

  Here we are again. Yawn. Another school shooting. Another day in America. Yawn. Let’s go back to sleep It has become so commonplace that this latest tragic shooting at  Apalechee High School in Georgia wasn’t even the lead story

Another School Shooting as America Sleeps

  Here we are again. Yawn. Another school shooting. Another day in America. Yawn. Let’s go back to sleep It has become so commonplace that this latest tragic shooting at  Apalechee High School in Georgia wasn’t even the lead story

6 Hostages Including Hersh Goldberg-Polin Found Dead

You could hear a pin drop when an anguished Rachel Goldberg-Polin, bowing her head and touching her chest uttered these heart-filled words at the Democratic Convention in Chicago just a few weeks ago. Hersh, if you can hear us, we

6 Hostages Including Hersh Goldberg-Polin Found Dead

You could hear a pin drop when an anguished Rachel Goldberg-Polin, bowing her head and touching her chest uttered these heart-filled words at the Democratic Convention in Chicago just a few weeks ago. Hersh, if you can hear us, we

Joy to the World DNC

Last night Americans got what they have been starving for. Hope. Joy. A sparkling glass half-full, not the half-empty one served up by Republicans. It was the group hug we’d been craving. Optimism was in abundance last night in Chicago,

Joy to the World DNC

Last night Americans got what they have been starving for. Hope. Joy. A sparkling glass half-full, not the half-empty one served up by Republicans. It was the group hug we’d been craving. Optimism was in abundance last night in Chicago,

America’s Dad

Last night I felt what my dog Moe must have felt when he finally came to live with me. Last night, watching Tim Walz at the Democratic rally in Philadelphia  I felt rescued. Safe. Normal. Hope. Joy. We’ve been starving

America’s Dad

Last night I felt what my dog Moe must have felt when he finally came to live with me. Last night, watching Tim Walz at the Democratic rally in Philadelphia  I felt rescued. Safe. Normal. Hope. Joy. We’ve been starving

I’m Tossing My Hat in the Air for Tim Walz

I’m tossing my hat in the air with exuberance at our next Veep, Governor Tim Walz. The last time America got this excited about someone from Minnesota was for Mary Richards. Like Tim Walz a transplanted Minnesotan who was born

I’m Tossing My Hat in the Air for Tim Walz

I’m tossing my hat in the air with exuberance at our next Veep, Governor Tim Walz. The last time America got this excited about someone from Minnesota was for Mary Richards. Like Tim Walz a transplanted Minnesotan who was born

Donald Trump’s Roots Are Showing

  Watching Trump’s performance yesterday I was struck with how he bore such a striking similarity to another Queens native, Archie Bunker. No one represented the silent majority of fading white male patriarchy than that other sexist, racist, xenophobic from

Donald Trump’s Roots Are Showing

  Watching Trump’s performance yesterday I was struck with how he bore such a striking similarity to another Queens native, Archie Bunker. No one represented the silent majority of fading white male patriarchy than that other sexist, racist, xenophobic from

Black Like Who?

    Breaking news. The Democratic nominee for President,  Kamala Harris is…. Black! And it took the Republican nominee Donald Trump to enlighten us about this. The self-described “best president for Blacks since Abraham Lincoln” admitted during an interview at

Black Like Who?

    Breaking news. The Democratic nominee for President,  Kamala Harris is…. Black! And it took the Republican nominee Donald Trump to enlighten us about this. The self-described “best president for Blacks since Abraham Lincoln” admitted during an interview at

We Are Not Going Back

Seven years ago I made this sign stating “We Won’t Go Back” to carry in the first Women’s March. That march in Washington bursting with thousands of women felt like democracy at its best. The fact that this was echoed

We Are Not Going Back

Seven years ago I made this sign stating “We Won’t Go Back” to carry in the first Women’s March. That march in Washington bursting with thousands of women felt like democracy at its best. The fact that this was echoed

Presidential Races- Joe Biden Wasn’t the First President to Drop Out

July 21 was an ordinary lazy Sunday at the beach. Until it wasn’t. As I do most Sundays in the summer,  I spend time at my local beach on the North Shore of Long Island. After a week of political

Presidential Races- Joe Biden Wasn’t the First President to Drop Out

July 21 was an ordinary lazy Sunday at the beach. Until it wasn’t. As I do most Sundays in the summer,  I spend time at my local beach on the North Shore of Long Island. After a week of political