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Jan. 6 Deniers
When he entered the camps for the first time, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, confronting the horror, insisted that photographers create a full record of the atrocities, lest future generations deny that it had happened. Which hasn't fully stopped the deniers.
On Jan. 6, 2021, we all saw an insurrection directed at our democracy. It was on live...Read more
Flu Season
I thought I was reading something wrong. The same story had two "headlines" on the screen.
One announced that the flu season surged in the United States over the holidays and already rivals last winter's harsh epidemic.
The other -- the caption for the picture of a flu shot that ran with the story -- announced that the Trump administration ...Read more
Tatiana and Trump
On Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library announced the death of the late President's 35-year-old granddaughter. "Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts." Just weeks before, she had published an article in The New Yorker about her battle with leukemia that followed the birth ...Read more
New Year's Resolutions
Every year, for as long as I can remember, I would resolve to lose weight. 125 pounds it said on my driver's license, even though it wasn't accurate at the time I wrote it down. It was my goal, every year, to get there by my birthday, which is in mid-December. And every year, I would fail, berate myself and then vow to lose the weight in the ...Read more




















