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TWO PEOPLE DIED IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. Okay, obviously a lot more than two people. People die every day, every hour, every second. Death doesn’t take time off. What I mean is two people died this week and I … Continue reading →

I’VE NEVER BEEN THAT PERSON. The one who doesn’t keep up with change. The one who eschews new technology out of some self-righteous adherence to a past that was never meant to remain static. The past IS prologue — time … Continue reading →

REAL JOURNALISM IS ABOUT TO MAKE A COMEBACK. TruthDAO is a blockchain-based news organization that is committed to restoring and supporting nonpartisan journalism worldwide. Learn more about how you can participate in the TruthDAO mission and its citizen journalism initiatives … Continue reading →

This picture was taken in 1941 in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. German soldiers are surrounding Jews in the Market Square, and we all know what happened after that. My family left Zhytomyr decades earlier. I never thought about that place much, never … Continue reading →

One year ago, in the Year That Wasn’t, I was in a hospital tent trying to breathe, in isolation trying to distract myself with bad football, trying to make it to 2021 because my God how could that be any … Continue reading →

I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A COUCH.  I’d never been to see a therapist, but I’ve been to a shit-ton of movies and well, there’s always a couch in the movies. There’s almost always a happy ending, too, which should … Continue reading →

I’VE ALWAYS HAD A LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNKNOWN. I love that it fascinates me, inspires me, drives me. But I embrace it as you would hug a porcupine — very carefully and not without a huge dose of What … Continue reading →

IT’S TRADITION here at Below the Fold to share an early excerpt from the next book project. Okay not tradition in like the traditional sense, more in the “well I’ve done it before and I haven’t died from embarrassment yet … Continue reading →

THIS IS HOW IT FEELS. Not elation but relief. Not celebration but reflection. Not an end but perhaps a new beginning. Guilty verdicts for Derek Chauvin in the murder (we can now say murder) of George Floyd won’t erase centuries-old … Continue reading →