Every act displayed in public has a back story; we can’t take what we see at its face value. This I have to remind myself because I...
Four days after the event: Everything that has to be said has already been posted online. A blog seems superfluous now, especially because the march has been...
The origin or parents of the interrobang, a.k.a. Interabang, are my favorite punctuation marks. Why? Well, first, what is interrobang? It is a nonstandard punctuation mark...
Each time I watch my students march onstage to receive their university diploma, this thought visits me, “Welcome to the Millionaires’ club!” There were over two...
What is courage? Is it standing up to a group of bullies? Is it walking on the railing of a skyscraper without a net?
“Our family never shared the same last name, but our family was a family the same. And they say blood is thicker than water, but love...
Here’s what I do when something honorable becomes so popular and people start trivializing it: I stop listening. This was what happened to the song Let...
The rumor had been rife; it persisted for days. Many people believed it—to their peril and embarrassment. It occupied huge spaces and frequent mentions in social...
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