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January 28, 2023 Gene Glotzer

Black Americans struggle with 'triggering' Tyre Nichols video - BBC News They released the video footage of Tyre Nichols' murder...

January 22, 2023 Gene Glotzer

Photo by Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash I don't have a lot to say about Covid that hasn't been said...

January 1, 2023 Gene Glotzer

Photo by Amokrane Ait-Kaci on Unsplash Tis the season for retrospectives and prognostication. Since I wrote a retrospective of 2022...

December 19, 2022 Gene Glotzer

Photo by Craig Whitehead on Unsplash In Paul Simon's song "The Only Living Boy in New York" (It's an absolutely...

December 6, 2022 Gene Glotzer

Photo by Hello I'm Nik on Unsplash I have a weird relationship with satire. I love the idea of it,...

December 5, 2022 Jamil Ragland

Photo by Neil Webb on Unsplash I've been following the news about the protests in Iran, mostly because police brutality...

November 12, 2022 Gene Glotzer

I used to be a climate change optimist. Not a naive optimist, mind you, just an optimist. I wasn't expecting...

July 5, 2022 Gene Glotzer

Photo by Mirah Curzer on Unsplash Over the past few weeks, the Supreme Court has handed down one incredibly awful...

June 26, 2022 Gene Glotzer

Photo by Kalea Morgan on Unsplash I've never thought of myself as patriotic. I do have a certain affection for...

June 22, 2022 Gene Glotzer

Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash Dear Sirs, As I'm sure you're all aware, gas prices are currently at record...