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New York By Way of China
My great-grandfather’s brother Phillip immigrated to America at 15, apprenticed as a fresco painter, joined a wagon train heading west, and spent years wandering through mining towns and lumber camps before returning to New York by way of Panama. I envy his wanderlust.
I Missed That The First Time
Sometimes you can read the same family history a dozen times before a detail finally clicks. A passing reference to my grandmother’s Chicago days led me to a piano teacher, two music schools, and questions about her musical talent that I wish I’d asked my dad.
Is The Death Penalty About Vengeance Or Justice?
From botched executions to the troubling questions of fairness, wrongful convictions, and my own conflicted feelings about executing a traitor, I explain why I believe capital punishment must end.