How do you civilly respond to racist remarks?

Sometimes we should reply harshly to racism, but my brother asks (in 22 words),

What about when you need to stay polite?

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Monroe’s weird and nasty marketing makes for a weird and nasty blog post about it. Sorry.

saving squirrels

Why would anyone purposefully associate their brand with helping a domiciliary scourge that should be curtailed as decisively as rats or termites?

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There’s positive side to things not turning out how we thought they would.

Life-long dreams can easily become letdowns, but on the flip side…

Our greatest fears, like our greatest hopes, often come to nothing.

(The Brothers K, 566)

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“People change” shouldn’t be why folks divorce. It should be how they stay together.

Divorcing because your spouse isn’t the same person you married anymore is curious.

More troubling would be if they are the same.

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A summer vocab lesson: Schadenfreude

The real joy of tubing is in the boat, not behind it.

Watching someone else careen helplessly, bouncingly along provides unadulterated schadenfreude.

tubing

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