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What I'm Most Thankful For
Family and friends, of course. But most of all a mother who turned tragedy into compassion, fear into love, and ignorance into understanding.
Nov 22
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If we don’t raise wages at the bottom, we’re all cooked
The Big Mac has a problem that’s partly due to the corporation that makes Big Macs
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Nov 19
Pronti, Mirare, Fuoco
A TFP poem
Nov 13
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A 'Sudden Silence' . . .
. . . for Kurt Vonnegut on Armistice Day, his birthday.
Nov 11
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Sundowning
A poem for Laura Lichtenstein
Nov 4
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October 2025
The Into Light Project
Changing the conversation about drug addiction—one portrait at a time.
Oct 27
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Every Last One of Us
A poem for Denis Johnson (1949-2017) — writer, teacher, friend
Oct 21
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Rising Like the Drowned
A tribute to Denis Johnson—writer, teacher, friend
Oct 15
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Scott Samuelson: How Can I Help?
We need real help with the quandaries we have about helping others. Norman Maclean's timeless novella, A River Runs Through It, gives us a hand.
Oct 7
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September 2025
An ICE Raid in Iowa City and the Real ‘Enemy From Within’
The Trumpian politics of “us against them” is not only turning neighbor against neighbor, it will eventually take a massive toll on local, state, and…
Sep 26
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Nearer
A poem for my oldest brother, Steven Thomas Judge (1959-2013), who suffered, lived, and loved with schizophrenia for 34 brave and beautiful years.
Sep 23
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Red Danielson: Painting Kurt Vonnegut
I look into your shadows, Kurt. I am blessed by everything I see.
Sep 18
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