Back when I was a boy, summer days meant rambling though fields and woods, riding bikes over to friends’ houses or down to the city park. Things sure are different now…
From Under My Hat
The collection of opinion piece essays published primarily by newspapers under the title From Under My Hat.
Not Normal – Not Then, Not Now
You’ve probably heard the phrase tossed casually about by political commentators or business news reporters – “we need a new normal,” “families began experiencing a new normal in housing over the last year,” “this could turn a bad recession into the new normal” – but when, if ever, have you heard the phrase actually explained; […]
A Great Way to Say Thanks
Following the recent unfortunate incident where a Portland Police officer was asked to leave a café because he was in uniform, two entirely different reactions occurred – both of which said something definitive about our society today.
The Importance of Knowing Our Neighbors
How much substantive news and information about our national neighbor to the south do non-Spanish speakers in the U.S. receive on a regular basis? The short answer is “not much.”