Keeping Up with the Jones
Charles Ramsey saves kidnapped women and pays for it
For the two people out there unfamiliar with the story of Charles Ramsey — he is the man credited with coming to the aid of kidnap victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight in Cl
Fables of the Deconstruction
Mellow my mind
As a writer, I recognize the importance of clarity. I try to use the simplest words to express my ideas. A recent survey of my vernacular revealed that I use the same 487 words almost exclusively.
Summary of My Discontent
I will write for you
Besides my own mom, who was an excellent mom, I had plenty of other moms when I was growing up. Across the alley, there was Tommy’s mom.
Stop Calling Me Surly
Clarity on soulful public educators
There is no more spectacular a tutorial on great teaching than Ella Fitzgerald in her element. Behold her 1979 performance of “Make Me Rainbows” on YouTube.
Fables of the Deconstruction
Love is a rose
The monster got away. I had walked up to the store out on the state road, and I was gone for a couple hours. It had never been a problem before.
Summary of My Discontent
Hands-free Internet
“Three prominent venture capital funds want software developers to know they are on the hunt for apps and software for Google Glass, the company’s Internet-connected glasses.
Keeping Up with the Jones
Remembering history
Sen. Rand Paul is seemingly on a mission to tie black folks back to their past and the Republican Party.
Stop Calling Me Surly
A beloved chef’s last supper
Beyond the womb, no place on Earth was safer than inside Joe Gadansky’s embrace. His famous hugs surrounded and enveloped — and held us close enough to feel his heartbeart.
Fables of the Deconstruction
I’ll never fall in love again
I originally wrote this for the April Fool’s Day “Fake Issue,” but it got cut, so I had to rewrite it for this ordinary, “real” issue.
