Jun 16, 20207 minAttempting to rewrite the paradigm of race With the brutal murder of George Floyd and the eruption of global society into weeks, and perhaps months, or more, of protest, we are...
May 26, 20205 minWFH and Remote Learning: Paradigm Busters or Pandemic Reveal?Since the COVID-19 outbreak and the rapid pivot required in both these arenas to more virtual ways of working and learning, we've seen...
May 4, 20202 minA remote thank-you, mental health professionalsMay is Mental Health Month. While it has always seemed odd to me to designate a day or month to what we know needs attention every day,...
Mar 5, 20193 minIn these paradigms we do bustOf all the paradigms I've been looking at over the past couple of years, the one closest to my heart, and head, that of age and wisdom,...
Jun 27, 20184 minThe paradigm of American identityIt's been a while since I've addressed any messed-up paradigms here, but the most recent disclosures around tender-aged, under-aged,...
Jan 10, 20189 minArguing for Social ImpactThis quote from Elie Wiesel’s 1986 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, displayed in the window of our local JCC, gave me pause this past Fall....
Dec 5, 20178 minSlouching Towards Bethlehem AgainToday’s real news reads like fiction, and both the satire of an Andy Borowitz headline and a Seth Meyers “Closer Look” segment read and...
Nov 7, 20175 minCrowdsourcing Our AngstThis is a message from the Berklee College of Music. There has been a shooting in the vicinity of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston...
Oct 24, 20178 minGiving Voice to Changing ParadigmsParadigm shifts are occurring in many areas of society, from how we think about education to how we define gender, from models of...
Oct 5, 20175 minCounting Doesn't Account for Enough When It Comes to Gun ViolenceA New York Times editorial 477 Days. 521 Mass Shootings. Zero Action from Congress presents a straightforward accounting of the past year...