When I read Fabiola Santiago's Op-Ed piece on Publix https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fabiola-santiago/article248817950.html?mc_cid=1ec6218bf3&mc_eid=b8eb60c724, I really wanted to just laugh it off as the latest nonsense that passes for writing these days. In the piece, she suggests a boycott of Publix Supermarkets for the political contribution of the founder's daughter to the rally on January 6. In addition, she … Continue reading Time to Cancel Cancel Culture?
Category: society
The Power of Stories
Last year, while carpooling my eighth-grader and his friends after school, I listened to their conversation about the much debated Muslim ban. My son and his friend made comments about how "dumb and also unconstitutional" it was. Another friend argued the executive order was constitutional. He gave the following as his argument: "Imagine if someone … Continue reading The Power of Stories
A Call to Action
February 15, 2018 Dear Senator/Congressman/Congresswoman, This is one more plea from one of your constituents after another mass shooting has taken the lives of seventeen (maybe more, by now) of our children. I urge you to take action now, today, this minute. Bring stricter gun control laws to the floor and vote them into law … Continue reading A Call to Action
