My Cousin in California
On November 9th, two weeks after my cousin in Pittsburgh, in her post-shooting gloom, bowed out of all social media,…
My Cousin in Pittsburgh
On October 29th, two days after a gunman burst into a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pa. and shot eleven people dead,…
Merit Pay, Anyone?
I wasn’t going to weigh in on this because, well, everyone else has, and what am I going to say…
A Cruel June
It goes on. Last Sunday morning we woke up to read about yet another mentally ill individual who went out…
Living in America
There are many things I could write about as the dark and confusing year of 2015 draws to its close,…
The Pip Squeak Sikh
Several years ago, on the first day of school, a young child was delivered by their mother to the class…
Horror in Hyvinkää
There was a time nearly a hundred years ago when Finns did shoot at other Finns. Depending on who you…
