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Will I Ever Find My Way Back to the Road Not Taken? Will you?
If I had a nickel for every time I racked my brain about the road not taken, I’d be beating myself up on a...
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Springsteen’s Reflections on Life Mirror My Own
My idol Bruce Springsteen has a new album out, “Letter to You,” along with a documentary film. I caught him talking about them on...
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Confessions of an Imprudent Prankster
I’ve always teased the ones I love. Especially the women in my life: my grandmother, my mom, my wife. I can’t recall anyone ever...
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A Tribute to Frau Wackernagel
Gardening is known to be good for mental health. But even lazy people can benefit from the sheer beauty. Take it from me.
A Tribute...
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A Pandemic Vacation of Memento-Hopping Across the World
Adding to the distress of this already coronavirus-disrupted summer is the latest target of the quick-to-criticize crowd: vacationers. Travel shaming is now a thing....
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When “Queer” Was a Slur: My Early Brush With Transgender Identity
The image below is a Promotion for a transgender art exhibit in November 2013. At right is a charcoal self-portrait by the late transgender...
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How Do You Make Sense of a Voice That Speaks to You from an Afterlife You Don’t Believe In?
If you’ve ever lost a loved one, unless you’re a die-hard atheist, agnostic or nihilist, you’ve probably found yourself contemplating the notion of communing...
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Pathogens in the Air, Protesters in the Street, Prospects for Change Within and Without
An odd amalgam of tragedies is conspiring to make this an unprecedented time — a strange mixture of calamity and hope that could render...
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One Step Forward, Six Steps Back: Is There Any Hope of Curing America’s Race Problem?
The little black boy wearing a white T-shirt and black face mask stood out from the adults in the photo accompanying a front-page story...
