A couple of weeks ago, the news on MSNBC reported a leaked memo from high-powered business strategists to their powerful clients regarding what to do with the Occupy movement. Engaging in easily translated business-speak, they basically informed clients that they need to plant stooges everywhere to m… Read full post »

A few months ago, I was grappling with the open call for articles about my brilliant second career. This was problematic, because   it seems like a career, in order to be qualified as one, has to support you. None of the things in my life that I’ve embraced professionally have actuall… Read full post »

During the recent mayoral election season in San Francisco, one candidate renewed my flagging belief in politics. John Avalos raised the resolution in the city’s Board of Supervisors to support occupation, and another to transfer the city’s funds to a credit union or city bank. When the w… Read full post »

In spite of years of education, phenomenal hard work, and huge risks taken to change my life, I am not only in the 99%, but I’m also in its most dreadful lower echelons. This has less to do with my incompetence, and far more to do with geopolitical and economic forces… Read full post »