Thoughts on Goshen, Government and Beyond
Roughly 500 people converged on the courthouse lawn in Goshen on Saturday, March 24, to demand action on gun violence. It was the biggest local demonstration I've attended in my nearly 30 years as a resident -- and I've attended plenty of … [Continue reading]
Like everyone in town, my husband and I heard the flood brewing in the night. The rain drummed our metal roof without pause, a sound that's often comforting... but one that turned more ominous by the hour. It wasn't at all surprising to wake that … [Continue reading]
The nature of compromise is that everybody gives an inch or a foot or a hand. The point is that no one gets everything they want, but everyone gets a bit of what they need. It's the opposite of anchovy pizza. We revisited a controversial … [Continue reading]
I suppose it's embarrassingly trite and predictable to love on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in mid-January, to praise him and claim him as a personal hero. But I'm going to do it anyway. Because it's his birthday and he deserves to be remembered. And I … [Continue reading]
NOTE: The Goshen News ran this Op-Ed on Sept. 22, 2017. Dear Editor: Occasionally Goshen's City Council meetings are cancelled. The stated reason is usually something along the lines of "lack of agenda items" or "no official city business". … [Continue reading]