I cannot fathom what you are thinking Wake up, America! Coffee's on, February winds are blowin' like stink, and every Republican senator in Congress has now betrayed you at least three times before th…

The global and local politics of empathy, ethics and resistance This is about us, not me, but let me begin precisely here: I am an old white guy who is sick and tired of other old white guys telling e…

My longtime friend Douglas Imbrogno issued a public challenge the other day, and not for the first time, to get us both working on the performance of a song we've loved since we were young boys with o…

in coming of age

Let's talk about our history as if it matters, because it does. Like many Americans, my personal history is deeply entwined in the history of the nation. Lately, for reasons that may be obvious, I fee…