
SNJ Journal Archive
Journal Vol. 10: Weight for it
Strange that the Senate still files bills on paper. Eleven legal-size copies of every bill. E-filing would be more convenient, of course; and then there’s all that wood pulp... But I must admit there’s something satisfying...
Journal Vol. 9: “All Politics is Local” – is it really?
Don’t cry over spilt Topo Chico. The air conditioner stopped cooling. The dryer stopped heating. Couldn’t hang the wet clothes outside because it started raining. And oh yes, my phone stopped working. Not a great weekend....
Journal Vol. 8: The Anxiety of Uncertainty – Back to School (Sort of)
Remember the excitement of getting a new lunchbox at the start of the school year? My 1976 Bicentennial aluminum lunchbox featured a cartoon of a guilty-looking kid standing next to the noticeably cracked Liberty Bell,...
Journal Vol. 7: The Feeling is Virtual
Work, visits to the doctor, ordering from a restaurant – so much has gone virtual. Hunger, however, has not. And right now more Texans than ever need help feeding their families. The North Texas Food Bank is answering...
Journal Vol. 6: How things look from here
SARS-CoV-2 is novel; racial inequity is not. Yet quite suddenly our experiences with both of these threats have altered how we will look at almost everything. The COVID-19 experience has fundamentally changed how we look at...
Journal Vol. 5: Spring hope and pandemic politics
Such an odd mix of airs – the beauty and hope of Springtime and the gloomy anxiousness of a viral pandemic. I hope the former are helping sustain you through the latter. The Spring sunshine isn’t the main thing sustaining...
