If I can’t read comics, I don’t want to be part of your revolution

A new book recounts the life of Emma Goldman in graphic form:
Now dead for nearly seven decades, Red Emma — anarchist, activist, advocate of women’s rights — is still an inspiration to the young, rebellious and artistically inclined, an unlikely muse for anyone from the indie rock band Pretty Girls Make Graves to the Wachowski [...]

I was lost in trouble and strife, I heard a voice and it changed my life

Because I can’t make it up to Randall’s Island. Dedicated to Mrs. Debris, who joins me in Middle Age tomorrow.

A teacher’s death by a thousand cuts

As I approach the first day of teaching at my new institution, and begin to feel the usual anticipatory jitters, I take some small comfort in the probability that I will not experience such harsh treatment from my new students as poor St. Cassian did at the hands of his pupils:
He was exposed naked in [...]

And Happy Birthday to America too

“A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”

A determined advocate for workers

One of the really great things about my current job, which I’m getting ready to leave, is that I’ve had the opportunity to work with and get to know some outstanding and dedicated workers’ rights attorneys. The partner I’ve been working most closely with is profiled here (sign up for free trial to read complete [...]