Nuts to First Class
The growing class divide on airplanes feels a lot like America’s.I recently had the occasion to fly first class. As a poet and director...
Editorial
In recent years one can hardly open a newspaper, flip on the television or pull up a news website and not read about the...
Mending Our Welcome Mat
This nation of immigrants should shelter more Syrian refugees.My great grandmother Rose was just 10 when she traveled to the United States with her...
Trump’s no outlier
When it comes to the way he treats workers, the Donald is as Republican as capital gains and Richard Nixon.There are those who would...
Is America ready for a Muslim president?
Presidential hopeful, Dr. Ben Carson, recently stated that he believes a Muslim should not be president of the United States. No sooner had he...
My thanks to all participants
I had the pleasure of being on The Honor Flight from Dayton to Washington, D.C. recently (5 Sep 2015), and want to express my...
Extending Ohio’s Foster Care to Age 21
Parents prepare their children for independence by teaching them life skills that will help them make good decisions as adults. Many children, however, have...
Fighting Inequality at the Local Level
Transit workers in Grand Rapids are organizing against pension theft and fare hikes.Inequality isn’t a condition. It’s a creation. Inequality is produced by thousands...
It’s a funny world
It’s a funny world we live in.After 75-plus years on this wildly spinning planet I call home I’m recalling things I never bothered to...
A tale of unexpected consequences
It seems to me that once in a while I encounter a tale of unexpected consequences where a series of occurrences result in a...
