Getting gritty

I wasn’t quite sure how all my exposure to culture last week was going to converge in a column, but I was pretty certain it would. This one is ultimately about life’s messiness, but it’s got some friendship, a New York Times article by Luis Negron,...

Change and hope

And so sometimes life unfolds in the most unexpected of ways. A presidential election. Barack Obama. Sarah Palin. The ban on gay marriage. Oppression. Polarization. Disappointment for some. Jubilation for others. All of this has precipitated the end of an emotionally...

By comparison

I have attracted into my life, by blood or by friendship, a number of smart, vibrant, good-to-the-core women who I really like (and in some cases, love) but whose politics, frankly, suck. This is the closest I can come to describing how I feel about Sarah...