By now most of America knows about the seismic event that occurred in New York’s 14th District during last week’s primary elections. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year old community organizer from the Bronx, won the Democratic nomination in a landslide, defeating 10-term Congressman Joe Crowley.… Continue Reading
On the eve of July 4th, the battle rages for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Political action committees (PACs) are flooding the airwaves with ads conveying either support or opposition to Trump’s potential nominee, which will be announced on Monday.
Make no mistake, nothing less than the future of the Republic is at stake.… Continue Reading
It’s 1:58 am on Monday, July 1st, and I’m getting ready to go to bed. I’m up late once again, living the strange hours of the writer’s life.
Today was a stressful day, because I didn’t accomplish nearly as much as I had hoped to.… Continue Reading
It’s 9:48 pm on a Saturday in late June, and I’m feeling pretty good. I just did some work on my website, genxchronicle.com. We cover news, culture and lifestyle through a Generation X lens.
I added our mission statement to the website, and I changed to a new WordPress blog theme, Luminescent Lite, that I think looks a lot better than the previous theme, Colormag.… Continue Reading
Last week I wrote an essay proclaiming my indifference to the plight of the migrant children being separated from their parents at the Mexican border. In hindsight, it was a poorly-written story. I let my own personal emotions about my career struggles affect what is a truly and plainly a human rights violation being perpetrated by the Trump Administration on a mass scale.… Continue Reading
So tonight my friend Rob who lives across the street from me in Queens came over to chill out and watch the NBA draft. He fed my cat Copper for the whole time I was visiting my brother in Seattle, so he’s a good dude.… Continue Reading
So Saturday evening rolls around, and I have no plans. I’m 43, and a lot of my friends are married with children now. The rest are probably on dates. I date too, but I have no date tonight.
So I try to think of something fun to do, and I come up with the idea of cooking.… Continue Reading
It’s Tuesday night, June 12th, around midnight, and I’ve just gotten back from nearly a month visiting my brother Ken in Seattle. I had a great trip. Seattle is a beautiful and awesome city, but we also took several long road trips through the Cascade Mountains in rural Washington State that were completely incredible.… Continue Reading
I’m visiting my brother Ken in Seattle, and this is the third installment of a three-part series about road tripping in Washington State.
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Ken and I set out on our third trip of my visit on a Saturday afternoon. … Continue Reading
So it’s Sunday night, June 10th, and I’m sitting on the veranda outside my brother Ken’s apartment in Seattle. The rain is falling steadily outside, and the trees beyond the veranda are wet and heavy.
I’ve been visiting the city for 22 days now, and I’ve had an absolutely incredible time.… Continue Reading