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Monday Musings: On Race, Privilege, and Uncomfortable Conversations

Posted on June 8, 2020 by dbjackson

As I white progressive, I have struggled with how to write this post. I know that the white progressives in my audience will struggle to read and process it. All of this, I believe, is to the good. This past … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Not My Image, but Wow…

Posted on June 5, 2020 by dbjackson

For this week’s photo, I couldn’t see myself posting a pretty picture from Nancy’s garden or nearby natural sites. Instead, I offer a photo from AP photographer Steve Helber. This is, to me, a remarkable image from this week’s protests, … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: A True Story of Privilege

Posted on June 1, 2020 by dbjackson

I can’t shed my privilege – it is part and parcel of who and what I am, as impossible to separate as chewed gum wadded in tissue. This is a true story. Every detail. I swear. When Nancy and I … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: That Which Divides Us

Posted on May 18, 2020 by dbjackson

But there I was, with my mask and my recyclable bags. She might even have seen me pull up in our Prius, just to complete the portrait. And I think I was a convenient target for more generalized resentments and … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: 50,000

Posted on April 27, 2020 by dbjackson

It is more people than can fit into the stands of Fenway Park. Or Wrigley Field. It is actually higher than the capacity seating of 28 of Major League Baseball’s 30 stadiums (the exceptions: Yankee Stadium and Dodger Stadium) It … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Covid-19 and Hope

Posted on April 20, 2020 by dbjackson

Last week, when I wrote my Monday Musings post, I was pretty ticked off at the world. And this week, after watching “protesters” in Michigan, North Carolina, and other states take part in the worst sort of astroturf demonstrations, one … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Flattening the Curve, Projection “Hoaxes,” and Righteous Anger

Posted on April 13, 2020 by dbjackson

I’m angry today. The pandemic – the isolation, the uncertainty, the steady stream of tragic news, the underlying fear – elicits different emotions at different times, running the gamut from those I’d expect (sadness, fear, numbness) to those I might … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: More Thoughts on the Pandemic

Posted on March 16, 2020 by dbjackson

So, you’re tele-working now. Or you’re home with kids whose schools have closed. Or, like me, you’re just back from driving fifteen hours round trip to pick up your kid from a college that is closed for “two weeks,” but … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Uncertainty — Thoughts on Current Affairs

Posted on March 9, 2020 by dbjackson

I am home from a great weekend at the Saga Professional Development Conference in Charlotte. Terrific people, great workshops and panels, and good humor all around when it came to dealing with the looming threat of the coronavirus. Containers of … Continue reading →

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Wikileaks, Bernie, and the DNC

Posted on July 24, 2016 by dbjackson

To all my friends who are Bernie supporters: Please forgive me if I don’t share your outrage at the DNC emails made available by Wikileaks. Bernie was running an insurgency campaign; he joined the party for that express purpose after … Continue reading →

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