January 2, 2021 Pearl River     In the before times, way back in 2019, I had a gig in Nashville talking organizing, hawking books, and the like. I hadn’t been there in a minute, and was impressed at how the city had grown. I had the same reaction visiting Charlotte around the same time. Both city …

January 1, 2021             Pearl River     Normally in our family we lobby and cajole everyone to try to assess the year and make some goals for the coming year.         How do we do this in 2021, when so much of 2020 was so different than expected, and so much of 2021 …

December 31, 2020 Pearl River     When Kentucky Senator and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the voice of reason for the Republicans, you have to know we’re facing real trouble. McConnell had appealed to his caucus in the Senate for no one to raise an objection on January 6th, when Congress receives and accepts the certified …