The Largest Colony of a Forgotten Atlantic Nation is Smack Dab in the Middle of Illinois Farmland*This continues the Folks of Forgottonia Series, based on growing up in the 14 counties of Western Illinois which were abandoned by…Dec 14, 2020Dec 14, 2020
The Time the Chicago Mafia Came to My Rural Hometown to Announce the Murder of a Nazi SS Officer.Welcome to a new series I’m starting on Medium, The Folks of Forgotonnia, based on growing up in the agricultural (and heavily Appalachian…Dec 7, 2020Dec 7, 2020
What I’ll Tell My Jewish Daughter About Nick Cannon’s Anti-SemitismMy (partially) Jewish daughter is just shy of her second birthday, so I get a hall pass on talking to her about Nick Cannon’s…Jul 21, 20201Jul 21, 20201
The Reaction to Naya Rivera’s Drowning Proves “Safe” Childhood has Failed a GenerationOn Thanksgiving morning, 2018, I watched a farmer die.Jul 17, 2020Jul 17, 2020
Weighing the Pros and Cons of Life Without Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (2 Weeks In).“I’m going to go home, make some pizza rolls, check Facebook and crash.”Jul 9, 2020Jul 9, 2020
This is a story about an ex-girlfriend, job interviews, vegans and Game of Thrones (and LinkedIn).I once broke up with a girl after I found out her best friend (who was the hiring manager/HR person at her company) would refuse to hire…Jul 8, 2020Jul 8, 2020
You’ll Never Understand the American Revolution without Grasping the Horrors of the British Prison…It doesn’t take many bad teachers in a subject before you learn to hate that academic discipline.Jul 3, 2020Jul 3, 2020
To Understand the Debate Over Masks in Public, Look at the Raging Anger Over Diets.I wish I had better news. I don’t. Science is dead. No, scratch that.Jul 2, 2020Jul 2, 2020
The Gun Toting Lawyers of St.The story of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis based attorneys who brandished guns at a group of protestors who entered their…Jul 1, 2020Jul 1, 2020
Why I Deleted All Social Media (Even Though I Work in Digital Marketing)Here’s a dirty little secret about all those cable TV home improvement shows.Jun 29, 20201Jun 29, 20201