Category: My Life

Reviewing Smart Baseball

Smart Baseball by Keith Law is a must read for anyone who loves baseball, or wants to learn more about the game.

Reviewing Luke Harding’s Collusion

The Guardian’s Luke Harding has written an incredibly detailed, informative book about Russia’s involvement with Trump, the Trump campaign, and the 2016 election. In Collusion Dirty Money, Secret Meetings, And How Russia Helped Trump Win Harding describes Trump’s 30-year relationship with Russia. Even for someone, like me, who has followed the Russia investigation passionately, Harding’s… Continue reading Reviewing Luke Harding’s Collusion

Ufi is Doing Great Work

Most of my posts about Ufi have dealt with his allergies and our struggle to get them under control. So, I thought it was time to write about some of his great work.

Ufi’s Feeling Better

Ufi has gone back on Apoquel. The combination of Cytopoint and Apoquel has helped him a ton. He hardly ever scratches. His ears seem very healthy. He doesn’t have any problems with his feet.

GOP Senators Should Promise to Expel Moore

The response of nearly every Republican senator to Roy Moore’s pedophilia and sexual assault of a minor has included the words “if true.” Anyone who read the account of the victims and the dozens of witnesses who report being told of the incidents around the time they occurred would not be engaging in the kind… Continue reading GOP Senators Should Promise to Expel Moore

Access Journalism

Watching some coverage of the disgraceful Roy Moore situation, I was bothered by the lack of difficult questioning of GOP senators. Then it hit me: journalists are generally unwilling to ask the powerful difficult questions and fail to challenge lies because their jobs depend on access.

John Kelly is Disgracing the Uniform

Last night, John Kelly was interviewed on Fox News. Whatever credibility he maintained after the pathetic press conference where he lied about Congresswoman Frederica Wilson is now gone. In the interview, Kelly demonstrated that his worldview is as sexist and racist as is the worldview of Donald Trump.