I remember many years ago my grandparents describing to me what happened to American society in 1941 in the weeks following Pearl Harbor. They recounted how they witnessed the rapid and disorienting transformation of their society and “world” as the…
Last Wednesday my daughter and I “played hooky” together, albeit for a worthy, distinctly 21st-century cause. We spent the day at the Statehouse in Boston as part of the Intergenerational Youth Climate Lobby Day organized by Our Climate, a nationwide…
At times it amazes me that the biggest annual sporting event in our country involves two teams of 11 men donning helmets and plastic armor. Dressed as colorful gladiators each team attempts to move by force and wits an odd-shaped…
