Happy Easter, the celebration of the risen Christ. I’m leading in both title and the opening statement with the conclusion of this short essay. The territory this covers is far broader but just had to get a couple things off my chest. It’s Easter and Joe Biden decided to take the lead in poking a […]
Archives for March 2024
A Bridge Too Far – How a Disaster Fix Could Sink
This week in a city near my hometown, an accident of historic proportions occurred, the downing of the Frances Scott Key bridge. I offer certain selective observations, mostly about how a recovery could languish. These are not guaranteed predictions because the knowledge and capacity exist to do what must be done quickly, but this is […]
The Virtues of Being in High School
Up until a couple years ago, I would write an essay around graduation time to the hypothetical high school graduating seniors even though I’m pretty sure no high schooler actually reads these pieces, but then again, for now, it’s there to come back to, should NER ever be ‘discovered’. This piece serves the function. My […]
On Stereotypes and Name-Calling – Time to Lean In
I’m of a mind to ‘lean in’, sorry for the corporate babble by the way, but it does work in this instance. What shall we lean into today? Stereotypes. We all use stereotypes to categorize people so why hide from it? In turn, we are relentlessly stereotyped. Some are accurate, genuine, and have a factual […]
New York City – A Place You May Go to End Life As You’ve Known It
There is a sequence of thought, caution, and action that I must engage in on behalf of myself and my family. We live in a dangerous world, something we’ve forgotten and ignored. Most peoples in most ages, in most societies, lived closer to the edge. We’ve been lucky. For a very short period of time, […]