February 23, 2021 Atlanta        I was driving in what I hoped was post-rush hour traffic in Atlanta after 6pm. I had the local public radio station on, which was interrupted by an NPR feed that was live from the White House. President Biden would be speaking in a commemoration of the US marking 500,000 …

February 22, 2021            Atlanta             In my family we always knew when George Washington’s birthday hit the calendar. It would be February 22nd. Before Abraham Lincoln on February 12th and Washington on the 22nd were all combined into one holiday, called President’s Day, there was a time when Washington’s alone was a holiday where …

February 21, 2021             Pearl River     The polar vortex hitting Texas has been devastating with tragic deaths, no electricity or gas for millions for days, unpotable water, and Ted Cruz. Worse, it’s not over yet by a long shot. In recent years Texas has been a market-driven experiment in hyper-conservative economic policies in many areas, …