from the news: “I took six rubber bullets, but do you know what didn’t happen to me?” Elizabeth Ferris, a 36-year-old Georgetown University student, told The Washington Post. “No one kneeled on my neck.” Ashley Gary of Minneapolis said: “We’ve been through Jamar Clark, we’ve been through Philando Castile, and there was no justice whatsoever. [...]
Do you know where your food has been, who touched it, who breathed or sneezed on it, how it was prepared? Annia Ciezadio insists in The Washington Post "The safety problem for restaurants isn’t the dining room. It’s the kitchen." Restaurant employees work in close quarters and are too rushed to take proper safety precautions, [...]
My final offer for lower credit card interest rates came via a phone call just the other day. That's not the last time I will receive it because despite the sincerity of the young woman's tone and message and her assurance that they have been trying to contact me several times and this is my [...]
The most frightening shipping experience I've ever had was when I flew from Portland to Sacramento and the airline lost my dog. (Don't fret, this story ends okay.) I was delivering Cutter to his new home. He was entered in a dog show the next day, so he was impeccably washed and groomed and a [...]
There are the things we are not doing just now, but more interesting are the things we may never do again, the things we might do less often, and what we might do instead. But first, confession. Yes, it's true I ordered yarn. The colors at left are close to how they will look when [...]
Memorial Day weekend and the sky is dangerously clearing. We might have wished that rain we woke to at dawn had gone right on. Our state is opening up next Tuesday, and the official word is: please stay home this weekend. That means that all the most aware and considerate people will stay home, but [...]
The Atlantic's advice for the class of 2020 This year’s college graduates are having a very different graduation season than they probably imagined. At The Atlantic, we’ve been trying to help the class of 2020 retain at least one ritual: the commencement speech. Here are a few words of wisdom for the graduate in your [...]
