Mid-August 2018 was an eternity ago. The world was a year and a half from the Corona cataclysm, I was two and half months from a private meltdown, definitely a “before” time that, if asked, I couldn’t pin historical markers on. …

And it’s in all the wrong places. — “Should America be ashamed of itself?” Thus the lede of a Guardian article from yesterday, which the author, staying in character, answers with a general yes, before going into the particulars of the World Cup soccer match between the women’s teams of USA vs Thailand. If you, like me, don’t care…

I’d like to think I’m the Michael Jordan of mothers. No, silly, not for my greatness and universal recognition (identify yourself as from Chicago literally anywhere in the world, and people with otherwise zero English will invariably exclaim “Ah, Michael Jordan!”) but because one of the quotes attributed to him…

When describing pop culture in the internet age, words like “warp speed” or “vapid” may be a tad stuffy, but I find them quite fitting, especially for stories that, for reasons often under wraps to my eye, go “viral.” The feel-good story of last weekend belongs to The Guardian, actually…

Complete the following sentence: A true friend… There are many answers, depending on how narrow or wide your definition of friend is, which itself may differ today from generations before. A recent article in the NYT took a closer look at the common lament that friendships aren’t what they used…

I came across a site that piqued my interest in the vein of: Lefties-This-Is-Why-You-Are-Wrong, or Not-That-We-Are-Right-Wingers-But. My kind of clickbait. …

For one thing, it has nothing to do with whether it happened to me or not. I don’t think it’s your business, but I thank those who make it so. And if you posted, I have complete compassion and hope you feel better. But a hashtag can’t fix it. …

We’re on to our second week with a new president, and while I’ve done my dubious best to tune out the fact, starting with the morning of November 9th when I stopped watching the news and haven’t looked back, it can’t be ignored forever. Especially since, contrary to my more…

When voicing an opinion on an extremely combustible topic that millions have opined on, it’d better be divisive. I don’t have a new reaction on the Stanford rape, either, but I’ll immerse myself into hot waters with a takeaway I haven’t seen mentioned much. This sleazebag Brock blamed, among other…