On April 17, 1975, I was five years old. I lived on Long Island. My biggest concern was that the Mets weren’t going to make it to the World Series. (They didn’t.) On the other side of the world, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia. Over…

Yesterday, a man set off two smoke bombs in Brooklyn. Opened fire and spit out 33 rounds into passengers commuting to work. After the train was cleared, police found three extended ammunition magazines, consumer-grade fireworks, a hatchet, and a jug of gasoline. Twenty people were injured, some critically. …

April is Genocide Awareness Month. April was selected because of the number of genocides that started in April. The Rwandan, Armenian, and Iraqi Kurd genocides all started during this month. Genocide Awareness Month is crucial for educating the world about past and current genocides. As time passes, memories of the…

He responded to me on Facebook and made my day Wil Wheaton is one of my heroes. If I should ever finish a book and get it published, I will dedicate it to Wheaton and Stephen King. Is it because Wheaton appeared in the iconic Stand by Me, based on the King book? Is it because he was Will Crusher…

Will Smith, believe it or not, NOT everything is about YOU. — Like everyone else in the United States, I feel the need to weigh in on the whole Chris Rock/Will Smith/Jada Pinkett Smith mess. Before I give my two bitcoin (who uses pennies anymore?), I recommend everyone read the great commentary by Kareem Abdul-Jabaar. He lists all the ways Smith was…

April 11, 2021, probably started out like any other day for Police Officer Kim Potter. She was a veteran of the force and had a trainee that day. She has said that under most circumstances, she would not have pulled someone over for an expired registration and having an air…

December 29, 2021 by Alyson Chadwick Today is the official day to finish off tasks for 2021! December 29 is National Tick Tock Day. It is the day to: Tick Tock Day, observed annually on December 29th, reminds us to complete any unfinished business that might need addressing before the end of the year. As the end of the year approaches…

On December 9, 2021 (World Genocide Day), I led a delegation to present luxury jeweler Harry Winston with our petition asking them to stop sourcing #GenocideGems from Myanmar. About ten minutes later, they announced they would do just that. This is why I got into this kind of work. No…

Margaret Mead once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, organized citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.” The Myanmar military receives about half of its funding from oil and gas revenues. Cutting this flow of blood money from the oil…