Category Archives: divisiveness

United in Grief and Patriotism: The Memory of a 10-Year-Old Girl

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Boz

What were you doing 60 years ago today? (If twinkling somewhere in a galaxy far, far away, don’t bother to reply.)

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La Mulți Ani: A Tentative and Cautionary Birthday Wish for the USA

Posted on July 4, 2021 by Boz

Yesterday, I read in a news article shared on Facebook that Disney has decided  to change the opening announcement at its Magic Kingdom fireworks show. The original greeting began, “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, dreamers of all … Continue reading →

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What We Have Lost: Our Stories Make Us One

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Boz

“Thanksgiving lessons jettison pilgrim hats, welcome truth” This headline from the Associated Press exploded inside my skull when I saw it three days ago, and in the dust that settled, I read an important lesson about what has been lost as … Continue reading →

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Dostoevsky in Beulah Land

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Boz

Despite the glorious, almost too-warm temperatures for a day six weeks into autumn, I took off for my late-morning walk with a heavy heart. I was depressed, outraged, and frightened over lost hopes for a return to American values, a … Continue reading →

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My #WalkAway Story

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Boz

As I write, the Presidential election of 2020 is ten days away. I agree with those on both sides of the aisle that it is the most important election at least in my lifetime (which is long); I will not, … Continue reading →

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Everything Not Forbidden Is Compulsory

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Boz

When I first passed this sign yesterday morning on the way to class, I thought it was an instruction in etiquette: “Don’t sit here because this is a table, and sitting on tables is rude.” Silly me.

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Unity: Advent Word 7

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Boz

Today we commemorate a day that has lived in infamy for 78 years–a day that also united our country as has no other event in history. I was not born for another 12 years, but as if from instant mutation … Continue reading →

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