Of all the horrible things we have had to deal with since my son’s passing, navigating the bureaucracy of death is most annoying. On one hand, all of the paperwork, fees, and legal hoops are petty and inconsequential in the big picture of our loss. Many times, people are sympathetic and they waive or expedite […]
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My introduction to Bill Cosby occured after the the dishes from our Sunday BBQ had been washed and put away. The smell of brisket and strawberries hung in the air. It was Phoenix in 1964. The summer heat made outside entertainment undesirable, so our neighbor from down the street gave my father a record to
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I have to give Donald Trump credit. His presidency is truly historic, and future academics will be riding the Trump train through graduate schools in record numbers. Of course, he and his supporters disagree with me on why his administration is historic. They point to what he has done as success stories while I think
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Denis Leary had a song in his one-man show “No Cure for Cancer” called Asshole. In it, he details examples of people he considers eligible for the tainted designation. A lot of observational standup comedy is devoted to complaints about assholes. Anal oriented individuals certainly don’t appear to be an endangered species. Which is too
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“I’m so sorry. Are you okay?” the stranger said as she handed me back whatever papers I had just shown her. She had a name tag but I couldn’t read it because I was too busy trying not to cry. If I had a dollar every time I have heard that phrase in the month
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,It’s been a whole month since our last serious school shooting (Florida). I think it’s safe, nay required, to say that our fearless (“I’d run in there even if I was unarmed”) leader deserves massive credit for his prompt action in handling the school shootings in this country. He has met the problem head on
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