It was a day to work from home, writing a user manual for the United Nations' new email system. On a break from combining instructions and screenshots, I put on the TV while folding some laundry. There it was in…

Land of Hope and Dreams Tour Delivers Criticism and Uplift

In Bruce Springsteen's autobiography “Born to Run,” The Boss wrote about doing a “magic trick” that connects him to his audience and builds community around him. After last night's show…

On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I’ll say it plainly: I do not feel guilty for being white. I also recognize that my race comes with built-in privileges — and that privileges for some should be transmuted into rights…

Why I'm observing July 4 differently this year

I've sung the National Anthem at minor league ballgames. I wrote and recorded “Stand Tall, United” after the terrible events of 9/11/2001. I've loved the sense of awe looking up at the…

This is a new song “Come Across the Tracks,” celebrating a simple act of forward thinking, involving a group of Black musicians from the west side of the railroad tracks in Asbury Park, NJ, and a young white newcomer, a…

Grieving a Self-Inflicted National Wound through Song

Yesterday, my country that I love gave itself a hideous self-inflicted wound by electing Donald Trump president  for a 2nd term. I feel this terrible lump in my throat writing about this right…

Much is made of the big, splashy endorsements by celebrities and high-profile public servants. But I too, a dad, a husband, an IT professional and a small independent musician, now choose to publicly endorse a candidate in writing for the…