Essays · Strangers

Debating Health Care for a Few Hundred Million People

Others have written much about the current U.S. health care debate, but today I wanted to spend some time discussing it as well, with the special focus that this site brings: people acting like jerks about something. In this case, about health care access. The U.S. system is definitely broken. It doesn’t work well for… Continue reading Debating Health Care for a Few Hundred Million People

Essays

You’re Physically Uncomfortable And There’s Nothing You Can Do About It

Something a little lighter today… Right now it’s hot where I live. Not planes-can’t-take-off hot like Phoenix earlier this summer, but still in the 90s. In a city that doesn’t put air conditioning in homes, and usually is more likely to see the 70s than the 80s even in the summer, this is kind of… Continue reading You’re Physically Uncomfortable And There’s Nothing You Can Do About It

Essays · Family · Friendship

You Want To Stop Talking About Race (and you’re white)

Recently I posted some suggestions about how to interact with family members who might be a little bit racist. I wanted to take some time to expand on the premise, especially in light of an article that’s been going around. I think we need to talk a bit about the difference in expectations we have… Continue reading You Want To Stop Talking About Race (and you’re white)