Have you stayed in a hotel room lately? Bought a head of lettuce? Ate in a nice restaurant? Enjoyed a round of golf on a perfectly groomed course? I’ve got news for you. All of these things are made possible by immigrants, many of whom are illegal.
It’s the open…
I was on a plane returning from San Francisco after taking a train across the country. When I think about it now, November 2019 seems a lifetime ago, almost the way the 20th Century has receded into my deep past.
November 2024 is equally far away when you stop counting…
It started when I kept meeting interesting strangers who just assumed I was like them. Maybe it was the places where we ran into each other. The posh hotel bar next door. The start-up incubator I taught for. This dinner party or that.
Or maybe it was the conversations. I…
According to an analysis, mostly speculation, that I read about success on Medium, only a tiny percentage of writers make more than a hundred bucks a month here.
As few as one per cent.
A hundred bucks.
If a hundred bucks is your goal, that is about what you’ll get.
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If I was a voting member of the Grand Old Party, which I swear I will never, ever be, I’d be asking myself this question every day. …
I rarely look at the thing but when I do I find that time has somehow disappeared and I cannot account for anything I learned or enjoyed. It’s like going out to a bar, getting drunk, and not remembering anything, including that great conversation with a smart woman. Except Facebook…
I have written two novels, which taught me how much it takes to write long fiction and gave me a glimpse into the strange mode you have to enter to finish something big. You learn to write fiction from two actions: writing and reading. With the writing, you must see…
“MR. KAREM: Jen, you thanked the vaccine. Do you have anything to say to celebrities who have promoted — like Aaron Rodgers — who promoted alternative — dubious alternatives to vaccines?
MS. PSAKI: You know how we feel about misinformation: We’re against it.”
From Mediaite
I’m not a big football…
Dr. Deborah Birx, medical advisor to the Trump White House, until she was removed because of telling the truth, estimates that 150,000 Americans died unnecessarily as a result of Trump’s actions. The Hill reports today on the extent of the administration’s attempts to keep Covid information from the public.
As…
My writing has evolved over the years here. Subject matter has always been a mixture of personal development, writing, marketing, and even cooking. …
