An opening at the very bottom of an ancient stone column in England baffled archeologists, that is until they discovered that it marked the sun’s nadir, the darkest day of the year. Even if only a sliver, the ancient calendar makers got excited for they knew that the very next day, after the darkest day, […]

On October 22, a fervent Trump supporter mailed pipe bombs to prominent Democratic leaders and media outlets.  On the 24th a white supremacist tried to attack a black church.  Unable to get in, he left and randomly murdered two black customers at a nearby grocery store. On October 27, an anti-Semite attacked a synagogue in […]

I’m volunteering to canvass for Jennifer Wexton’s congressional campaign here in Northern Virginia.  Her opponent, the incumbent Barbara Comstock, has voted with Trump 98% of the time, including gutting Obama Care (including pre-existing conditions) and tax breaks for the 1%. Despite creaky knees, and the occasional, “Where did I park my car?” canvassing is critically […]

I attended a small high school – about 90 in our graduating class – in Swarthmore, PA, a small town tucked into the State’s southeastern corner, almost in Delaware. We held back for so many years, timidly probing in our teens, then at our next several class reunions, a great deal of “resume” speak, understandably […]