It must be nice to have been a Trumper, the past 4 years, going to bed each night thinking that the state of democracy, the rule of law, race relations, police brutality and child cagings at the border are exactly as you believe they should be. It must be nice…

In America’s history, any group hoping to foment social progress, whether it be ameliorative or curative, have always been hit with opposing arguments that seek not to argue the issue on its merits, but employ fear and divisive rhetoric to cast unfounded doubt on the groups themselves seeking the change. …

Growing up, I was inculcated with a highly-specific set of Jewish values. These values were rooted in both the Jewish immigrant’s unique place in the American socio-political firmament. And in our historic outsider position in America, in Europe and beyond. These values can neatly summarized as such: Because of our…

Beginning with Nixon’s southern strategy of 1968, the seeds of the current GOP’s white nationalist electoral strategy and policy platform has been hiding in plain sight for over five decades. Appeals to northern urban hard hats and Wallace supporting segregationists. The school busing wars of the 70’s. Attacks on affirmative…

I know it’s summer and most of you are probably watching the Bachelorette fantasy suite dates. But President Trump’s decidedly savage and race-based attacks on the patriotism of Representatives Pressley, Omar, Tlaib, and Ocasio-Cortez’s patriotism compels me to speak out. …

Perhaps, I’m overly-sensitive to the passage of time. My wife, my two children, and my Israeli therapist would all say that’s not even up for debate. Okay fine. I’m sure they are all correct. Please stop shouting. But lately, I’ve become acutely aware of the anniversaries of things. Not important…

I did not know the actor Kristoff St. John. Nor was I familiar with his work on The Young and the Restless. But I am, at least in the loosest countours, familiar with some of the emotions Mr. St. John was likely grappling with before his recent tragic death. Like…

People don’t talk that much about thirtysomething anymore. It makes sense. Copywriters and art directors don’t conceive print ads anymore in red brick agencies while wearing yuppie suspenders. …

Remember the 80’s synth band, Missing Persons? I do because I once waited 4 hours in line to see them at Magic Mountain. And because midwestern tourists keep taking photos with my friend, Ed, because they considered him a “real punk rocker.” This was based on the intentional fallacy that…