Hells, yeah, we march

I wrote this for Mother Courant and then enjoyed a vigorous weekend of name-calling. But do not pity me. Live by the sword, die by the sword. Enjoy. And here’s more on the Pussyhat Project.

Once more, with feeling. We have to fight back.

I wrote this for Mother Courant. It has Isabella in it.

Running back from heroin addiction

I wrote this for Mother Courant. I found Dana to be pretty stinkin’ inspiring.

Cops and kids

I wrote this for Mother Courant.

I wrote this for Mother Courant

A Hartford church kept seeing its Black Lives Matter signs getting stolen — and at one point, a stolen sign was replaced by a Trump one. Here’s what that church did.

When it’s good to miss an anniversary

All this week, I thought today was the anniversary of my last day at my old newspaper, but this says no. Now along with multiple other things I’ve forgotten, I can’t remember the date of my last day at Mother Courant. I guess that’s a good thing. It means I’ve moved on, sort of. I wanted to …

Shawn M. Lang is a warrior

And I wrote about her for Mother Courant here.

ICYMI: Helping Justin Sweetwater

Justin is trying to get his medication, but he can’t do that without a proper ID (as I wrote for Mother Courant on Sunday). After a stint in jail, Justin came out with a name change he didn’t ask for, and now he’s having all kinds of trouble. Frankly, I’ve been scratching my head over this, but Sunday, …

If you’ve nothing better to do…

This is a great bunch of women and you could Learn Stuff.

I’m done.

This semester, which began in late August, I taught five college courses — one at Central Connecticut State University, and four as a full-time faculty member at University of New Haven. I counted up once, and that meant that — unless there was a rare holiday — I stepped into a class prepared to lecture, cajole, …