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Current Events
A.I. dominance will drive the end of online anonymity, but that’s not entirely a good thing.
“We’re only special for so long. That natural high can’t last forever.”
Local weathercasters have the power to speak to climate change truth – why won’t they?
“Remember how big U2 used to be? That’s COVID-19, just with more letters and a bigger number.”
There are a number of reasons why someone might wait years or even decades to tell a traumatic story, and they have absolutely nothing to do with you.
Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with my updated policy.
This week, pop star Rita Ora issued an apology for living her truth. That’s right, she’s not apologizing for using slurs, defaming or sexually assaulting someone, she apologized for having…
Jesus, by all appearances, had an agenda on this particular eventide. But yea, verily, so did Simon Peter.
If our monsters are reflective of who we are as a culture, our continued attraction to zombies says very scary things about us today.
Many will blame the iconic toy store chain’s demise on the digital revolution, but the company bears considerable responsibility for it, too.
We ought to be encouraging them, not denigrating their resolve to not be another demographic populated by suckers.
This evolution of man must take place, and will take place.
“Now is the time for listening, which we look forward to doing just as soon as we’re finished telling our side of the story.”
Get to know President Trump and Robert Mueller!
I’m one of those people with a Fitbit addiction. I am obsessed with getting my 10,000 steps in. I love it, even if it lulled me into thinking I had…
“I used to be one of those guys. I used to pet a girl’s dog and not even ask her his name.”
The saying, ”if we reached just one person, then it was all worthwhile” usually applies to indie films nobody has seen or cancelled-too-soon cult TV shows, but it also applies…
As news broke that Trump was rescinding Department of Justice guidelines to protect transgender students, I was immediately swept back in time, to the 1970’s and 80’s, when I was…
Vanity Fair reports that America’s favorite short-fingered vulgarian doesn’t know whether a strong dollar is the good thing to have or a weak dollar is a good thing to have….
In December, a client – a major financial institution – asked me to write a post on ways that someone could save $18,000 in the new year. I have no…
On Saturday, people around the world united, in record numbers, to peacefully and powerfully advocate for women’s rights. Equal rights. Not once did any handmade sign, T-shirt or speaker demand that we…
Two weeks ago today, I was sitting in the Fort Lauderdale airport, and my biggest concern was whether or not I’d make it home for my son’s Cub Scout sleepover…
Chiffon. Taffeta. Tulle. Satin. Silk. Velvet. Lace. These are the seven deadly fashion sins of cis gendered men. One exception, Hugh Hefner and those fabulous silk jammies. Ed Hardy t-shirts…
What happens to the media in a ”post-fact” era? Can we discern truth from propaganda? Has Russia simply hacked American journalism, in every meaning of the word? Do we all…
All evidence is malleable. Maybe there is something to gut instinct after all?
Razor-thin win in election for a (mostly) white working-class agenda
I usually try to avoid getting political in this space, except in the case of truly extreme circumstances, such as if the republic were ever in danger of being taken…
“Never forget — bedbugs are bad bugs that take advantage of our precious resources.”