Letters from a Charlottesville Grocery Store Clerk

Beyond the Badge: Rethinking Emergency Response

A year ago, I published Angels in the Produce Section: A Memoir of Madness, Meaning, and Making It Through. In this short book, I recount my experiences…

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August 2025

From Supreme Court Fights to a Charlottesville School Board Fight

My first memory of a Supreme Court case was Bush v.

Aug 1 • 

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July 2025

The Obama Decision That Helped Pave the Way for Trump — And My Connection to It

I didn’t vote for Barack Obama in 2008.

Jul 1 • 

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June 2025

From Top Gun to TikTok: The China Challenge and the Character Test for America

Five years ago, in a speech at the Nixon Library, then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated that “if the free world doesn’t change China, communist…

Jun 1 • 

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May 2025

Thoughts on Transgenderism......Am I A Bigot?

In a newsletter from several months ago, the journalist Nick Catoggio introduced me to a recent poll on attitudes toward gay marriage.

May 1 • 

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April 2025

A Discussion of Dockworkers and Creative Destruction

A few weeks ago, the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) signed a new deal that will increase…

Apr 1 • 

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March 2025

I Love My New Couch.....and Capitalism

When Jackie and I moved to New York in September, we left our sofa behind in Charlottesville, as our yellow lab, Winston, had treated it as a bed and as…

Mar 1 • 

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February 2025

Do We Need the Department of Education?

The Department of Education has been around for 45 years.

Feb 1 • 

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January 2025

Me, Rudy Giuliani, and Crime in New York City

This photo is from 2002.

Jan 1 • 

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December 2024

Ikea Shoe Racks and the Meaning that Comes from Making Things

One of my biggest flaws is that I’m terrible at fixing and building things.

Dec 2, 2024 • 

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November 2024

October 2024

Was I wrong about "Chevron Doctrine"?

(Artwork by Microsoft CoPilot)

Oct 1, 2024 • 

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