On the road today, I spotted a giant van marked Disaster Response Team. Rust-orange letters on a pure white background. Can I dispatch that to…
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From childhood, to marriage to politics, the idea of Other as enemy creates war. In war, victim and perpetrator are both casualties.
What is it about courteous conversation, about respectful police work, about telling the truth that matters? Today cruelty has replaced decency. It is the new…
Watching videos of the Minneapolis protesters this week, bundled in ski garb, down coats and balaclavas, has me thinking metaphors. They are in a deep…
Mr. Trump doesn’t know something about war heroes. A cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands, is proof. It is an undulating blanket of grass with over 8200…
If I could, I would bring the warring exes of our broken national marriage into my old family therapy office. With a sofa and stuffed…
I remember there were two men. Only one was talking to me. I remember they wouldn’t let my mother in the room. I knew, 5-year-old…
When he pushed his way in, we were packed together on a street corner, placards and people happily jammed together. Seven thousand of us turned…
Does every white person feel guilty when they hear a story of enslavement? I hope not, because when they do, it can get in the…
When I was a newly-hatched therapist, I believed I was supposed to know more than my client. What good is a license if you aren’t…