Aug 19, 2021A Corps to Match a Crisis“Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.” These words by the late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm were never more apt than today. And the rent just went up. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), living on Planet Earth is a perilous…Climate Change5 min readClimate Change5 min read
Feb 7, 2021Make America Build AgainThe Republican party stands at a crossroads. For the last four years, it has bowed to a president whose only agenda was himself. By sacrificing truth on the altar of political power, Republican leaders enabled the first assault on the U.S. Capitol in over 200 years and the worst pandemic…Build Back Better5 min readBuild Back Better5 min read
Jan 3, 2021Antiracist Reader: A New Year’s ResolutionOver thirty-odd years of literacy, I’ve read thousands of books by white people, mostly men. I don’t regret a single one. Here’s what I do regret: As a white man constantly, if unconsciously, fed the standard American fare of white history, white knowledge, and white culture, it scarcely even occurred…Racism4 min readRacism4 min read
Oct 15, 2020Sununu and the Search for Bipartisan CollaborationSix years ago, I was honored to serve on a bipartisan committee with then-Executive Councilor Chris Sununu and other New Hampshire leaders. Our mission was to tackle the growing opportunity gap so that every child could have a fair chance to succeed. Although our work was far from complete, I…New Hampshire4 min readNew Hampshire4 min read
Aug 19, 2020Is Solar Net-Metering a Net-Good?I recently sat down with the Board of a local nonprofit that works with low-income kids here in Southern New Hampshire. The topic was solar. The goal was cutting costs and carbon pollution on behalf of the children they serve. The Board members wanted to know why my company, an…Solar Energy4 min readSolar Energy4 min read
Jul 4, 2020Member-onlyWhen Will Independence Day Come to Black America?Today is Independence Day. Like many a Fourth of July gone by, my family and I will be celebrating with burgers and dogs and a side of democracy, as we remember the timeless Declaration of our Founding Fathers that “all men are created equal” and that governments derive “their just…BlackLivesMatter4 min readBlackLivesMatter4 min read
Jun 14, 2020Member-onlyIt’s not enough to not be racistWhat if I told you the sad and ignorant man who called my wife the N-word in New Hampshire isn’t really the problem? What if I said that well-mannered “white” folk like you and me are just as much the problem as he? Let me explain. The term “structural racism”…Racism5 min readRacism5 min read
Apr 22, 2020Of Beavers and Fevers: An Earth Day EpistleOne of our kids’ favorite bedtime stories involves a melancholy beaver with a fever. On each of the brightly-colored pages, one creaturely friend after another offers a source of comfort, from cool cloths to nourishing soup. Like any good children’s book, it ends on a happy note as the little…Climate Change4 min readClimate Change4 min read
Feb 11, 2020Buttigieg, Bernie, and the BillionairesA strange thing happened the other night in Manchester, New Hampshire. At a NH Democratic Party dinner featuring all ten Democratic candidates ahead of Tuesday’s First-in-the-Nation presidential primary, a boisterous crowd of Bernie Sanders supporters tried to shout down Pete Buttigieg with chants of “Wall Street Pete!” It was a…Election 20204 min readElection 20204 min read
Dec 1, 2019Member-onlyIs America Ready for President Pete?According to the polls, one of four candidates in the still-sprawling field of Democratic presidential contenders will be the party’s nominee. Three are senators and a former Vice President who everyone expected to make the final cut; the fourth is a thirty-something mayor with a funny name you never heard…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
