As the genocide in Gaza becomes ever more apparent and irrefutable, we must ask ourselves, “What lessons have been learned from history?” When considering the Holocaust, we have a choice of lessons to learn. We can either look at it for what it is – one of the greatest crimes against humanity – or we can elect to…

I’m an older gay man who has been around the block, an educated guy who had to work in jobs and for companies I was not drawn to through choice but necessity; we all need to make a living. It was the deal I made with the status quo, stepping — never willingly but begrudgingly — into what…

As some readers have noted, the weather conditions depicted in Reintroduction represent more than a desire to make a statement on the inevitable consequences of unchecked climate change. Certainly, the ecological disaster into which we drift like a herd of somnambulists is of the utmost importance. As the recent Cop26 debacle clearly demonstrated, we do not have the…

I was recently asked by a reader whether Caspar Ulmer from Reintroduction was based on Donald Trump. Ulmer was created as a character about seven years ago, before Trump even registered for me. Although the overall narrative has evolved considerably over time, I never re-imagined Ulmer as I did with several of the others. Looking at early drafts,…