Published in The Shadow·Sep 28Member-onlyFrom Eternity to Here“Ah death, a change of clothes.” –The 14th Dalai Lama The endless fields of amber grain. Valhalla so far in the distance it is, we are sure, just shy of eternity. Mortality, we have decided, is not for us. “Heaven can wait.” I suppose old age and death are things…Thought Leadership4 min readThought Leadership4 min read
Jul 8Member-onlyLet Her Sing“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. How do we find the strength to keep going? I know from so many recent conversations that I am not the only one to have those days when the fatigue will not…Hope3 min readHope3 min read
Published in The Shadow·Jul 8Member-onlyIt Can Happen Here“A country that tolerates evil means- evil manners, standards of ethics-for a generation, will be so poisoned that it never will have any good end.” ― Sinclair Lewis, It Can’t Happen Here I am a child of “The Great Society,” President Lyndon Johnson’s call to use the country’s post–World War…Roe V Wade4 min readRoe V Wade4 min read
Published in The Shadow·May 19Member-onlyThe Handmaid’s Tale“Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.” – Bertolt Brecht, Life of Galileo We are an over-polled society, a fact which subsequently influences politicians to prefer to follow rather than lead. Yet, how is it possible that up until U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft in Dobbs v…Roe V Wade5 min readRoe V Wade5 min read
Published in The Shadow·May 19Member-onlyThe Scarlet Letter“When the founders wrote ‘We The People’ in the preamble, they did not have in mind the majority of America’s citizens.” – Justice Thurgood Marshall, from a 1987 speech Spoiler Alert: I am pro-choice but am also a strong supporter of religious liberty. I appreciate the outcome of Roe but…Roe V Wade4 min readRoe V Wade4 min read
Published in The Shadow·May 6Member-onlyManaging Through an Angry Marketplace“Sir, your Grace’s displeasure and my imprisonment are things so strange unto me, as what to write, or what to excuse, I am altogether ignorant…And to speak a truth, never Prince had wife more loyal in all duty, and in all true affection, than you have ever found in Anne…Risk Management4 min readRisk Management4 min read
Published in The Shadow·Apr 27Member-onlyWin By Any Means Necessary“More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.” ― Truman Capote What’s enough? When are we satisfied? The brilliance of capitalism is that it keeps us motivated — ever creating, ever expanding. Its fatal flaw is that, for many of us, we are never satisfied. There is always…History3 min readHistory3 min read
Published in The Shadow·Apr 21Member-onlyThe Lusitania Sinks Again“Is there anything more beautiful in the world than to sit before an open window and enjoy nature, to listen to the birds singing, feel the sun on your cheeks and have a darling boy in your arms?” – Anne Frank, from her diary, April 19, 1944, three months before the…Russia Ukraine War6 min readRussia Ukraine War6 min read
Published in The Shadow·Apr 4Member-onlyIs NY Times v. Sullivan in Jeopardy?“It is as certain that many opinions, now general, will be rejected by future ages, as it is that many, once general, are rejected by the present.” – John Stuart Mill, “On Liberty” I am not sure of the exact moment when we matriculate from youth to adulthood, but it…Freedom Of Speech4 min readFreedom Of Speech4 min read
Published in The Shadow·Mar 23Member-onlyFormer U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales“If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh?” – William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice Growing up with The Washington Post 60 years ago meant suffering through the Washington Senators and Redskins [sic], who, collectively, despite the homerun prowess of Frank Howard…Politics3 min readPolitics3 min read
