This is my final essay of 2024. I’ll resume posting new essays on January 6.   Over the weekend, as I sat in a local coffee shop, I...

Today, I'm cutting right to the chase. In the past 72 hours (give or take), I've had the following experiences: I witnessed one headlight...

Absolute zero.   No, it’s not what I felt like in ninth grade when I walked on stage for the first time in a school play with my fly...