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…Feb 91Feb 91
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.Jan 31Jan 31
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…Jan 31Jan 31
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.Jan 261Jan 261
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…Apr 14, 2023Apr 14, 2023
Wendy Hart BeckmanIt’s Not Just My Body: A Liberal Wrestles with Roe v. WadeWe are in dangerous times.May 4, 2022May 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…Oct 20, 20212Oct 20, 20212
Wendy Hart BeckmanDenver, Colorado, 2019Another shooting — Something’s wrong. Another town is “[Somewhere] Strong.”May 8, 2019May 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…Dec 11, 2018Dec 11, 2018