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How to Change the World
“I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a…
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The First Date, Vol. 2
My shirt was untucked so she wouldn’t see the pleats.
I was running late from work and hadn’t had time…
The First Date
I have a date tomorrow night. My first in eons.
We have dinner plans. Pretty old-fashioned. It’s a good restaurant,…
The Phantom Pain
It was a typical winter day in Ohio.
Around 9 a.m.
Co-workers were milling around, getting coffee and chatting.
I…
Too Many Spiders
My five-year-old son has developed what I’d describe as an irrational fear of spiders.
He saw one in a bathroom…
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
The words were piercing.
“I want to die—I can’t do this,” wrote the broken 26-year-old. The one with the cheating…
The Fear of Losing What We Love
Three people who matter to me expressed fear about one of their human relationships in separate conversations this past week.…
