write. Like anyone else who takes the time to put pen to paper – or fingers to keyboard – I write about that which I find interesting. Sometimes other people find these labors read more 
The reprehensible scene that played itself out in front of Worcester’s City Hall before the May 2 School Committee meeting was emblematic of the ongoing fight around racial equity within the schools. As a group of young people – both children and teenagers – held signs and chanted their message,…
The debate around racism in the Worcester Public Schools has reached absurd proportions. Those who speak out for what’s right, most especially School Committee member Dante Comparetto, are being villiefied. On the other side are those, for example the dinosaur-like John Monfredo, who seek to preserve the status quo, hearing…
It seems like someone is out to get Dante Comparetto, a member of the Worcester School Committee, and, by extension, anyone who seeks to address the issue of racism in the Worcester Public Schools. A March 19 article in the online news source This Week in Worcester described an email…
A number of important articles critical of the Women’s March have appeared recently, including in the New York Times and the Tablet, the latter of which is perhaps the most encyclopedic of the articles to date. Criticisms of the national organization have appeared from many others, including local affiliates, provoking…
I wrote recently about the similarities between Worcester City Council Member Michael Gaffney and the blog Turtleboy Sports, on the one hand, and President-Elect Donald Trump and Breitbart.com, on the other. This is an incredibly important parallel, and any progressive, liberal, centrist, or good small-d-democrat in Worcester should take note…
I have spent the past few days processing the election results, interacting with people on social media (probably to an extent that has annoyed many), and reading elections post-mortem from various experts and organizations, as well as tried to keep abreast of the news. Given my still mixed feelings, as…
