Abroad in the USA

• Dear Fellow White People 3 years ago TL;DR “Fellow white people: sit down, shut up, and open your eyes and ears to what’s happening around you.” I first arrived in the USA in 1985, a naïve grad student who thought years of watching TV shows like Hill … Continue reading →
• Graduation Covid-style 3 years ago May and June are graduation season in America; everywhere, students mark their high school and university graduations with all-important rites of passage including the senior prom, a walk across a stage wearing a cap and gown, and lots and lots … Continue reading →
• This Lousy Pandemic Script 3 years ago A few days ago I watched an online talk featuring two of my favorite writers, Neil Gaiman and Nora K. Jemisin (you can find it here  here). At one point they note that this pandemic is not the apocalypse that … Continue reading →
• Life Under Lockdown 4 years ago So, on the surface the leafy-suburbia version of the apocalypse turns out to be a rather mundane affair involving furious debate on the community Facebook page over whether it’s still OK to use the school playing fields (hint: it isn’t) … Continue reading →
• How our world has changed 4 years ago When I posted on March 13, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (aka Montco) had just started a supposed two-week shutdown of all non-essential businesses to try to “flatten the infection rate curve.” Within days it was clear that few businesses were willing … Continue reading →

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