Wendy Hart BeckmanMy high school of roughly 860 students was really a high school of about 10 Black students and one…Yet in the '70s, this same man was hired to be an English teacher in my high school. My brother had him before I did; he told me that I…1 min read·Feb 9, 2024--1--1
Wendy Hart BeckmanI remember the My Lai Massacre.A few years later, I was glued to the TV, listening to the Watergate hearings while I did my homework.1 min read·Jan 31, 2024----
Wendy Hart Beckmanre: "Absurdly Expensive Youth Baseball Is Eliminating ‘National’ From the National Pastime" by Chad…Great article! I was afraid author Harvey would blame the whole mess on how much baseball costs, thus making an apparent assumption that…2 min read·Jan 31, 2024----
Wendy Hart BeckmanRe: Sharon Johnson's "Old People's Odor -- It's a Thing"I love this piece! It instantly brought up scent memories of my grandmother's attic and even the liquid dish soap she used.1 min read·Jan 26, 2024--1--1
Wendy Hart BeckmanRe: Ruby Lee's "Sadly, Once the Older Generations Pass On, the Family Will Fracture: It's Only a…I hope to avoid this common tendency for families to drift apart with the loss of the generation at the top, despite the fact that my…1 min read·Apr 14, 2023----
Wendy Hart BeckmanIt’s Not Just My Body: A Liberal Wrestles with Roe v. WadeWe are in dangerous times.·8 min read·May 4, 2022----
Wendy Hart BeckmanI was right there with you, clicking away on the clapping hands, until you decided to throw this on…When did ageism become OK? Insert any other term for "boomer" and see how it sounds: you women, you Black people, you Jewish people, you…2 min read·Oct 20, 2021--2--2
Wendy Hart BeckmanDenver, Colorado, 2019Another shooting — Something’s wrong. Another town is “[Somewhere] Strong.”·1 min read·May 8, 2019----
Wendy Hart BeckmanHappy Holidays (Give Us Money)As soon as the trick-or-treaters have left our doorsteps in October, they are followed by other trick-or-treaters, but these are grown-ups…3 min read·Dec 11, 2018----