In one of our last political discussions, my father was trying to persuade me that Putin was miscast as the aggressor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. He had a penchant for contrarianism, especially when it comes to trusting the American perspective…
Tag: Shooting Gallery
5/24/22
It is not lost on me that the day my family committed, on paper, to live in America until 2052, 19 children were gunned down in their elementary school. That is what 5/24/22, a date we wrote over and over,…
Resignation Grows Out of the Barrel of a Gun
It doesn’t matter who you are. It doesn’t matter where you’re going. If you live, work, play, or travel in the United States of America, you have to have a plan. You have to be ready. What will I do,…
Letter to My Unconceived Child on the Occasion of Your Shooting Death
Dear Child, In the wake of your untimely and altogether regrettable death by firearm in the United States of America, the question must certainly occur to you, as it does to your mother and I, whether this tragic ending was…
America’s Inability to Be Self-Critical
is (Literally) Killing Us
“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football, and it would be selfish on my part to…
The War at Home
As you probably know, twelve days ago, five police officers were shot dead in Dallas. Ten days later, three more were shot dead in Baton Rouge. The alleged killers were both immediately killed, Micah Xavier Johnson and Gavin Eugene Long…