This post is for all those who want to see what a hellacious letter to an irresponsible student looks like. I used to use the same template with minor variations for other students in the days after 9/11. Nowadays, I just ignore the students. But once in a while the ominous… Read full post »

I travel a lot. I’ve been in a loving commuting relationship for eleven years and so I’m on a plane at least twice each month flying between Chicago and New York. I go to Europe at least three or four times per year—once for vacation, two or three times to give… Read full post »

The worst job I ever had was as a Visa credit card collector at First Atlanta bank in Atlanta, Georgia. I’d been in America for only three weeks and had no banking experience, having worked as a journalist in Jamaica before leaving. But times were getting tough. I needed to save… Read full post »

So I’m playing with this little piece of walnut-looking growth on my leg—about twelve inches up from my ankle. It’s hard, crusty and black. It’s been something of a friend of late. I run my fingers over it through my trousers whenever I’m nervous. Something about its sma… Read full post »

“Well, isn’t she immoral for bringing that baby with Down syndrome into the world?” my friend barked angrily at me. “You’re the ethicist,” she smirked, making me feel as if I’d gotten Sarah Palin pregnant with her fifth child.

“This is an issue of choice… Read full post »

Barack Obama has a real problem. He needs to start fighting a ferocious battle against the Republicans-including Sarah Palin. But she looks like a hockey mom, a soccer mom and a mom you would see walking the aisles of Wal-Mart. Any assault is going to look like abuse, despite the fact that… Read full post »