Author: Kirk Petersen
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She Would Have Turned 60 Today
I wrote this in 2010, but have not published it until today, February 28, 2020. I wrote the headline today, but I have not otherwise updated time references. Twenty-seven years ago, on October 16, 1983, a deeply troubled young woman let go of her last hold on life, and tumbled off the Golden Gate Bridge. […]
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Dictionaries: A Modern-Day Morality Play
"If you don’t look up the words you don’t know, you don’t deserve the beauty of literature," my teacher said. Four decades later I still feel the lash in her voice.
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Seeking More Muslim Heroes
Unlike the thugs who killed him, Merabet had assimilated into French society, while retaining his Muslim identity.
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Brush With Greatness: Fouad Ajami, 1945-2014
Professor Ajami never wavered in his belief that America made the right choice by overthrowing Saddam Hussein. I wholeheartedly share that viewpoint.
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A Personal Message of Joy, to Several Constituencies
In which your scribe celebrates the gift of a new job.
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Marriage Equality: 33 States to Go …
I’m thrilled that my home state of New Mexico is the latest to recognize the right of marriage equality for same-sex couples. ¡Arriba! (The snippet above started as a simple Facebook post, but FB insisted on running the graphic full size and then cropped out the New Mexification of the logo. Posting on my blog […]
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Those Who Use Mandela’s Death to Demonize the Right Would Do Well to Follow His Example
Whatever sins Mandela may have committed before prison were more than balanced by his consistent devotion to healing and reconciliation afterward.
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Giving Thanks for Our Country and Those Who Defend It
Stay safe, Son, as you return from your final deployment and rejoin your bride and stepson.
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The Biggest Loser This Week Isn’t Obama — It’s the Health Insurance Industry
Obamacare has been called a giveaway to the health insurers, but I don’t think the industry is particularly grateful this week.
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White House Can’t Solve a Small Website Problem — How Will They Do With the Big Ones?
The time to say "if you like your health plan, you can keep it" has passed. Or has it?