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The American Rescue Plan is Good for Democracy
March 7, 2021

The passage of the American Rescue Plan Act is good news for a nation still reeling from the ongoing pandemic and resultant economic crisis, but it is perhaps even better news for another element of America that is sick: our democracy.

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Be The Change  / Politics

Correct Language Doesn’t Correct Injustice
February 27, 2021

As part of America’s culture wars, the Right loves to go bananas over banalities, like the fact that, last week, Hasbro made Mr. Potato Head gender-neutral by dropping the “Mr.”

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Be The Change  / philosophy  / Politics  / Prose

The Sky Is Blue
February 7, 2021

I used to think that the turning point in the battle against climate change wouldn’t come until the impacts were too obvious to ignore. My fear was that, by this point, it would be too late to forestall the worst outcomes, but at least humanity would wake up to and deal with this existential crisis.

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Another Ode to Dr. King
January 18, 2021

On the third Monday in January you’ll find me
writing an ode I can’t quite finish, like a New Year’s
resolution I’ll stick to next time, I promise.

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Be The Change  / poetry

Let’s Not Repeat the Error of November 4, 2008
January 1, 2021

“Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and rest. Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.” – John Lewis

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We Need a Space Force More Than Covid Relief!
December 27, 2020

What if all this time, energy, and money were spent, not on the illusion of security, but rather on building a more just, prosperous, and beautiful democracy? I suppose that’s a dream better left to comic books and video games.

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Strolling Great Hollow Beach, Cape Cod 50 Days Before the Election
September 15, 2020

After four years, it has come to this:
I fear that all I love will go to ruins,
and my little son is playing on the dunes.

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America on the Brink  / poetry

Call On The Fund for American Studies to Remove the Postmaster General from Their Board!
August 16, 2020

I am a concerned citizen writing to ask that you immediately remove Louis DeJoy, the Postmaster General of the Postal Service, from the Board of Trustees of your esteemed nonprofit.

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Shock and Awe Politics
June 27, 2020

If politics is war, Republicans have historically waged it more ruthlessly, and more successfully, than Democrats and Independents

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Be The Change  / Musings  / Politics

Play by the Rules
June 19, 2020

To be trapped in an era, this era,
is the poet’s nightmare and delight. O future
readers—if there will be readers—what will you make
of this? What shall I—what shall we—bequeath you?

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