Ask a Poet
https://www.thesmartset.com/article11090901/ One of my old columns published by The Smart Set: Only poets read contemporary poetry books, and only poets go to poetry readings. If I become a poet, will …
Mother’s Don’t Have It Easy
Here’s my most recent column published by the Arizona Daily Star: https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-mothers-day/article_8dde37d6-bb59-11ec-a71a-af9ecd0a4e0d.html It took me a while to realize how much I love my mother. Probably not unlike many, our …
Congrats, Class of 2020
On May 25, 1998, this paper printed a story entitled “Two Sierra Vista students die, a third hurt in I-10 rollover.” I was that third student. After spending a month …
Defining a ‘Karen’ and a ‘Ken’
https://tucson.com/opinion/local/tucson-opinion-defining-a-karen-and-ken/article_670deea4-d83c-11eb-8d0f-73c6af3ac589.html The other day, when I was trying to get my son to take his dish to the sink, he replied, “OK, Karen.” Such remarks have been common in my …
Designing a World for Everyone to Use
Take a look at my most recent column published in the Arizona Daily Star! https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-designing-a-world-for-everyone-to-use/article_8c1dec36-a95f-11ec-a91c-0bba17ef925a.html After watching the 2022 Beijing Paralympic Winter Games earlier this month, with athletes skiing down …