Matthew Vernon Whalan June 20, 2020 (Author’s Note: Inmate sources are kept confidential to protect their safety and privacy. Each prisoner is identified by a randomly chosen letter.) Alabama’s prisons have a long history of unsanitary, overpopulated, generally dangerous living…
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Down Up
Mickey Friedman May 1, 2020 If ever there was a time to take a look at what works and what doesn’t, it’s now. What doesn’t work is our healthcare system. What doesn’t work is our economy. What doesn’t work is…
DT’s Coron-o-bama
April 16, 2020 Mickey Friedman I have lots of Corona Time on my hands. Unlike many of you, I don’t have kids to entertain or pretend to home school. Don’t have a dog to walk or like Bill, ducks to…
King of Corona
March 31, 2020 By Mickey Friedman Me and Julio would have bet and lost our lunch money if anyone in the playground said that Donald The Trump would someday become The King of Corona. That the U.S. of A. would…
President Pete
March 21, 2020 by Mickey Friedman There’s voter suppression. But no one suppressed my vote. Instead, the gracious women at Great Barrington Town Hall made it an absolute pleasure to vote early. Then rewarded me with a sticker. But my…
We Cannot Walk Alone
March 16, 2020 By Mickey Friedman When I was much younger I mistook inspiration for some mysterious surge of enthusiasm. Because I didn’t understand, I took it for granted. Yes, I felt moved enough to transcend my significant shyness to…
Jury Duty
March 8, 2020 By Mickey Friedman I’ve served twice. Impressed with how seriously our jurors took their duty. And so my head hurt to watch the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. Time and again the President’s attorneys and the Republican…
Back To School #1
February 11, 2020 By Mickey Friedman Deja review. Last time, while the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) endorsed the School Committee’s proposal to build a fifty plus million dollar high school, the voters of Great Barrington didn’t. This time MSBA…
Greta vs. Donald
January 30, 2020 By Mickey Friedman So many reasons he thought he’d get it this time. The booming stock market. The remarkable peace treaty with Chairman Kim. Who. to please his friend Donald, dumped his nuclear weapons in the ocean.…
SNAP
By Mickey Friedman January 1, 2020 Not your fingers. Or the ginger cookie. Or the center getting the ball to the quarterback. But the program that helps people get enough food to survive. SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The…
Uncle Scrooge
By Mickey Friedman December 18, 2019 I read that the word “poor” appears 2,000 times in the Bible. It appears once in Emma Lazarus’ sonnet inscribed on our Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning…
The Big Stuff
Mickey Friedman December 8, 2019 Anyone who’s ever seen a mob movie, or been bullied knows how it works. Everyone except Republicans who clench their eyes so shut they won’t ever see what’s in front of them. Shakedown For Dummies:…