Nelson’s Crossing

Wednesday was the first day of the new school year for our 3rd-grade grandson.  Our 7th-grade granddaughter began a day later. The first day of school is magical, although I’ve yet to adjust to a pre-Labor Day start.  Squinting from…

Every person in America should read the entire 45 page indictment of Donald Trump that was unveiled this week.  It is remarkably thorough and damning.  Of course unrepentant Trump loyalists will neither read nor believe the allegations and the supportive…

“I was no f***ing prodigy!” This surprising declaration was seethed by pianist Ruth Slenczynska in response to the innocent query, “What was it like to be a child prodigy?”  This incident was more than 30 years ago at a master…

It has been a mighty bad week for justice in America.  The SCOTUS rulings in the affirmative action case (Students for Fair Admissions v. Black People) and the website design case (Religious Bigot v. Gay Folks) managed to unravel a generation…

Several recent situations suggest just how far and fast conservatives would have us regress, particularly in respect to women’s rights. Perhaps less destructive than the Dobbs decision, these developments nevertheless reveal a pattern of deeply ingrained cultural misogyny. In both…