by Jeffrey K. Walker | Nov 20, 2021 | Blog |
I haven’t engaged in a public act of apostasy in at least six or seven days. OK, maybe two or three days. All right, how long since my last tweet? Whatever, I feel like I’m overdo, so here goes. You have permission to eat out this Thanksgiving. Really. Thanks,... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Nov 7, 2021 | Blog, Learning from Other Countries |
Sabah al kheir, habibi! Al salaam alaikum! (And that exhausts fully two-thirds of my Arabic vocabulary.) I’m on my first international biz trip since before Our Current Viral Unpleasantness. Back in Doha, Qatar, a great place where I spent six week sin 2109. So... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Oct 31, 2021 | Blog |
Amongst all the hyperbolic statements from opportunistic GOP politicians and raving-loony hate-spewing Fox talking heads, we’ve lost sight of an undeniable fact about immigrants in America. We need them a lot. Demographics Don’t Lie Let’s start with... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Oct 24, 2021 | Blog |
There’s been a lot of caterwauling since a Certain Orange Person was banned from decent social media platforms in January. Now that I’ve checked off “Use Caterwauling in a Sentence” from my bucket list, let’s get something straight.... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Oct 17, 2021 | Blog, Learning from Other Countries |
[This post was originally published 21 September 2021.] With the unfortunate (non)decision last week by the Supreme Court allowing the Texas Six-Week Abortion Vigilante Law to go into effect, the Supremes are back front and center in both the news and our outraged... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Oct 17, 2021 | Blog, Learning from Other Countries |
[This post was first published on 18 April 2021.] I posted a Twitter thread in September to contribute something meaningful to the bitter debate swirling around the confirmation of a replacement for departed American icon, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, before the... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Oct 17, 2021 | Blog |
[This post was first published 20 September 2020.] Breathable air has temporarily returned to Northern California. Last evening I was sitting on the back terrace reading a novel and feeling rather fine. A scream from my wife, KayKay, abruptly interrupted my idyll. I... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Oct 10, 2021 | Blog
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the beauty and wonder of autumn. My wife, Kay-Kay, was most pleased, since it wasn’t one of the Scary Blog Posts I’ve been wont to write lately. Then last week the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Oct 3, 2021 | Blog, Tales of Skeeterville |
Americans have a long and persistent habit of hyphenating themselves. Polish-American, African-American, Taiwanese-America. I’m Irish-American or Scottish-American, depending on the nearest ethnic holiday or who’s buying the drinks. All Things Scottish I... by Jeffrey K. Walker | Sep 26, 2021 | Blog |
Here we are again. That existentially crushing September day in the Northern Hemisphere when we look at each other and say, “That’s IT? Summer is OVER?!?” Except for me. Because autumn is the best season. And I will fight you over this. Autumn Is...
