November 24, 2020 Dear Reader, Who would have thought the two main tenants of the American Thanksgiving holiday – traveling to see family and gathering inside for a traditional turkey meal – would...
We gather together to ask…that we actually not gather, after all. Maybe next year! By Alice Lloyd My father doesn’t like Thanksgiving. I’ve never really understood why… He’s generally a...
Dear reader, The school debate rages on… In my house, we’re three weeks into virtual learning. My elementary and middle school aged sons are adjusting… There have been tech issues and frustration, but...
Online Learning Is an Oxymoron By Alice Lloyd Summer’s fading, and fall is creeping in. The first few crisp nights of the season trigger the practically primordial nervous back-to-school feeling… When it dips...
A Generation’s Crisis-Conditioned Approach By Alice Lloyd “Is it safe to come out now?” is the question of the year. It’s top of mind whether your pandemic panic has been predominantly financial, psychological, medical...
The inside story of the iconoclastic accountant who knows what the balance sheet hides. By Alice Lloyd Meet Joel Litman. He strikes an imposing even otherworldly presence… particularly if he’s recently flown in...
We knew not what we did. By Alice Lloyd So, apparently, it’s the summer of the Aperol Spritz. It could always be worse. Six years ago was the summer of the cicada, when their buzzing bodies swarmed the east coast in an...
Even #Resistance feels patriotic sometimes, doesn’t it? By Alice Lloyd It’s not necessarily a rational feeling, the patriotic stir. It has too many triggers to count, the strongest of which catches us unawares and...
A majority of millennials favor socialism – how did this happen? By Alice Lloyd It was September 2016, and Hillary Clinton had a youth problem. In a conference room at Democratic National Committee headquarters on...
You Can’t Teach an Old Drug-Sniffing Dog New Laws By Alice Lloyd There’s no easy way to tell a drug-sniffing dog he’s fired. Amid the quickening march of marijuana legalization at the state and – hey, who knows –...
