Last Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court struck down lower court rulings that paused ending temporary protective status (TPS) for Haitian refugees. This means some 355,000 Haitians currently residing in the United States face immediate deportation. The Court majority...
I was out of the country the last several weeks enjoying northern Italy. While I was away I was aware of the news back home, but my attention was mostly focused elsewhere. Now I’m back. A lot happened during my absence, but in a real sense, not much has changed. In...
In turbulent times it’s easier to know what we’re against than what we’re for. The old union anthem “Which Side Are You On?” urges us to stand up against the “other side.” This is the opposite of Zen Master Bankei’s advice to “not side with yourself.” A colleague of...
May Day has come and gone. I couldn’t stay home from work because I’m retired, and I couldn’t stay home from school because I’m not a student, but I abstained from shopping and attended my town’s local May Day Strong demonstration—one of 5,000 across the country. The...
The expression “jumped the shark” derives from a 1977 Happy Days episode in which Fonzie jumped over a shark while water skiing. The expression marks an inflection point when something—be it a TV series or a presidency—has passed its prime and entered a period of...
