Happy Solstice, everyone.
Score one for the First Amendment: The Slants win

by Amber Healy In writing for the entire eight-member US Supreme Court Monday morning, Justice Samuel Alito told Simon Tam and his band, The Slants, that they were correct in their fight […]
US Supreme Court rules in favor of The Slants
by Amber Healy In a unanimous decision Monday morning, the US Supreme Court ruled 8-0 in favor of The Slants, the Portland, Oregon-based band that’s been fighting for years for the right […]
Climate Science for Everyone: How do scientists measure the temperature of the Earth?

Scientists measure the Earth’s temperature three ways – stationary surface thermometers, satellite-based microwave detectors, and balloon-carried thermometers.
Desert rain
… over Route 50 in Nevada, oft-billed as “the loneliest road in America.”
A bitter son’s reflections on Fathers Day

I envy those of you with great fathers more than you will ever know. It’s Father’s Day. In the past I have reposted my story on the day my father died. It’s […]
The blood-red Shimbashi dress: a photopoem

In Tokyo, the mama-san is smarter than you… Part of my S&R Tokyo Series I am the gorgeous dress of your beauty, and I have loved you for a very long time. […]
An umbrella before the sugar melts
Rain is never coming, rain is always here… (Nakano 5-chome, Tokyo, November 2015. This is sort of part of my Sunday S&R Tokyo Series. See my other work here and here.)
I’ll go where Ted Nugent just led. Zero violence!

I just heard the most amazing interview, the Curtis & Eboni show at 77WABC: Ted Nugent Accepts Responsibility; Says Tone Down Rhetoric It is exactly what it sounds like. There’s a couple of […]
Where is my tribe?

In the last two days I’ve been tone policed for being unkind, uncool, and tribal. Mind you, the single person doing the tone policing had nothing to say about what I signified. […]