Tag: character

  • You Don’t Have To

    We are still responsible for our choices.

  • What Are You Known For?

    How are we described by others?

  • “He’s Always Been Good to Me”

    After Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony, all these people came out of the woodwork to say how nice Brett Kavanaugh had always been to them. I’m glad to hear it. But what has that got to do with her testimony? It’s the same after someone becomes a spree killer. “He was always so quiet. He paid…

  • Little Punks All Grown Up

    You can never be completely sure of the content of someone else’s character.

  • White Privilege Run Amok

    An unwavering sense of entitlement was never bred into me.

  • Put Up or Shut Up

    “A true friend should be able to have a respectful conversation.”

  • Contaminated Connections

    I remember sitting on my couch with an old friend in Florida. We were having a pleasant chat, just as we had done dozens of times before. Then he looked out the screen door toward the park across the street and said something disgusting and hateful and racist about the guys who were playing basketball…

  • Take Your Marbles and Go Home

    Dear President Trump: Are you having fun yet? Are you getting tired of winning? Because you seem to be spending a lot of time in a rage or attempting to defend yourself. And not a day goes by when someone isn’t either criticizing you or making fun of you in some way or another. Whether…

  • On Collecting Misfits

    All my life I have surrounded myself with people who don’t quite fit in. My best friend calls it my propensity for adopting three-legged dogs. I suspect that it started out because of my low self-esteem in childhood. I didn’t think I could possibly be liked by the popular crowd, whom I perceived to be…