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When Politicians Get Confused about Their Role

The Washington County, Pennsylvania, Republican chair is confused. He rebuked Senator Pat Toomey with the words, “We did not send him…

Feb 19, 2021

When Politicians Get Confused about Their Role

Feb 19, 2021

I Have No Voice, Yet I Must Speak

Here in the wetlands of northern Massachusetts, the sun rose on October 7, 2024, just like it did a year ago. The leaves continued their…

Oct 12, 2024

Sycamore Tree, Massachusetts

Oct 12, 2024

Imagine a World Without Hamas

Apr 11, 2024

Apr 11, 2024

Zionism Is Intrinsic to Judaism

The tweet from a pro-Palestinian Jewish organization member said to boycott your synagogue if it supports Israel. It was trolling and a…

Jan 14, 2022

Zionism Is Intrinsic to Judaism

Jan 14, 2022

Merrily Rolling Home

I need to tell a little story before I forget it.

Dec 8, 2021

Merrily Rolling Home

Dec 8, 2021

Beyond Toxic in Deep Stone Crypt

We are Guardians. We protect humanity and our allies from enemies and our human faults. The cost of entry is high: We die, are reborn, and…

Jul 13, 2021

Beyond Toxic in Deep Stone Crypt

Jul 13, 2021

March, You Bitch (and April)

The sun is shining with almost-spring glee Not that distant ghost that looks Good but has no warmth

May 31, 2021

Wild violets, May 2021

May 31, 2021

Feeling Broken? Fill in the Cracks with Resilience

The Rabbi asked me, as he usually did, how my boys were doing. I gave him the usual answer. One of them had just been discharged from an…

Oct 24, 2020

Feeling Broken? Fill in the Cracks with Resilience

Oct 24, 2020

Reasons to Appreciate Social Distancing and Wearing a Mask

In March when many people were protesting social distancing, I found reasons to appreciate it. I’ve been appreciating things that I never…

Sep 22, 2020

A puppet wearing a mask.

Sep 22, 2020

No One Wants to Admit Their Ugliness

He said that was him in the photo from Charlotte, VA — there in the crowd of neo-Nazis and white supremacists — but that wasn’t the real…

Aug 15, 2017

Aug 15, 2017

This Is How It Starts

I always wondered how it would start. I remember reading somewhere that these things start quietly. Looking at old newsreels, it didn’t…

Jan 31, 2017

This Is How It Starts

Jan 31, 2017

Humane in New York

User Experience Can Bring Out Our Best Or Our Worst

Jan 15, 2017

Humane in New York

Jan 15, 2017

On Children with Bloodied Faces

I could look at his bloodied face for only a second or two. These images stick with me, and Omran’s now lives with the images of a naked…

Aug 26, 2016

On Children with Bloodied Faces

Aug 26, 2016

I’m Drivin’ A Truck

I dropped the kid off at summer school. By the time I got to the light at the intersection, I was coughing so hard I had to catch my…

Jul 22, 2016

I’m Drivin’ A Truck

Jul 22, 2016

If You Are Not Yourself, Who Are You?

Recently, Adam Grant wrote in the New York Times that “for most people, ‘be yourself’ is actually terrible advice.” I’m surprised that…

Jun 8, 2016

If You Are Not Yourself, Who Are You?

Jun 8, 2016

The Power of And

Having a non-binary gender isn’t about being androgynous. It is, in fact, just like being male or female.

Mar 4, 2016

Mar 4, 2016

Being Who I Want to Remember Myself as Having Been

What it’s like to be the mother of a transgender kid.

Dec 3, 2015

Dec 3, 2015

Farewell Facebook

Yet another reaction to Facebook’s latest stunt

Jul 1, 2014

Farewell Facebook

Jul 1, 2014

Myths of Employee Engagement

Looking for Answers Anywhere Except the Place You’ll Find Them

Mar 24, 2014

Myths of Employee Engagement

Mar 24, 2014

The Paradox of Purim Through The Eyes of Kwan Gae

Mar 16, 2014

The Paradox of Purim Through The Eyes of Kwan Gae

Mar 16, 2014

Marilyn Freedman

Marilyn Freedman

Editor and writer, companion to a rescue dog and cat, commentator, witness, advocate, nature lover, good neighbor, and human being. Currently playing Destiny 2.

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