Deb and I took the dogs to a nearby state park for the first time. I ran while she walked. It was nice, especially the weather. With one official marathon behind me, one just around the corner, and a couple unofficial ones under my belt, I’ve started to think about my options for the future. [...]
Useless: the word “frenemy” because, let’s face it, that person probably isn’t really a friend at all, they’re an acquaintance. Useful: a water heater that doesn’t leak water all over your basement floor for who knows how many days while you’re out of town. Yeah.
1896. Plessy v. Ferguson. The US Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of racial segregation 7-1. Not until 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education would that ruling be overturned. In the intervening years those seven justices’ interpretation made possible countless injustices that a reversal nearly 60 years later and even additional legislation such as the [...]
It’s sort of strange to think that when this all started I was just settling into a strange city half a world away where I hardly had any access to the latest news (at least at first.) All these months later I had the benefit of not only the internet but CNN’s and NBC’s amazing virtual [...]