Tag: Despair

One of the most heartbreaking days I’ve ever lived through was when I saw my grandfather cry. My grandfather, a tall man with tan skin, had always been a rock in my life. Admirable, kind, and loving, he used to call me “little grandson” in a tone that melted my heart. That day, ...

I am 70 years old, and I hate stereotypes. Are you with me here? Biases, prejudices, tropes — whatever you call them, they’re useless and hurtful. Some folks complain about the labels attached to us as we age. Words like senior citizen, elderly, and old are far less hurtful than other...

Nearly everyone I talk to feels despair over the state of the world right now. If you’re a person who cares, you likely feel pervasive anxiety about the many, many, many important problems you can’t control or entirely solve. That leads to an understandable sense of overwhelm, ...

It seems incredible, but just two months ago Democrats were in the depths of despair, looking at a potential electoral wipeout come November. The disastrous decision to separate the infrastructure bill (BIF) from Build Back Better (BBB) late last fall had allowed Manchin to sabotage BBB entirely. Th...