I was formally diagnosed with ‘severe’ Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder (ADHD) in my seventies! I have coped with the condition without intervention my entire life and career. It has had a price. The clinician remarked that being a comedian and performing I was in an ideal career for managing and coping without formal treatment. […]
For many years I have been writing and speaking about the problem of social isolation that is pervasive, even epidemic in American life. My interest comes from my own lived experience. I grew up in New York and Long Island in our large Irish Catholic family. Our life was full, busy and crowded. The were […]
I can’t recall which comic said it first, but I remembered his self effacing line about being a professional standup. It was something like ‘I only work an hour a night. So I’m going to work, but I’ll be right back.” And he spoke for all of us in comedy. And for me it was […]
As we await the start of the next administration, the country remains evenly divided. While half the population is excited with anticipation the other half lives with worry and even dread. Whatever side you were on, moving forward will demand personal adjusting and coping. And unless you are an individual with relevant power and influence […]
Let’s be honest, this election was nothing like recent, past Presidential contests over my lifetime. Frankly I am alarmed by what we halve done here. For disclosure, I have always been progressive and leaning Democratic. But I was never rigid or rabid. Each time I had a preference for a candidate. I preferred Obama but […]
A dark day in America. The unbelievable happened. Donald Trump was reelected. And I along with so many of my like minded friends are stunned into silence. And of course, right away the question is how do we go forward? What can you do when you can control the larger narrative? But I can control […]
Drwillm@mac.com (00:00.194) We have some family members that we know are divided politically. There’s where we are and where they are. And although I think some of the communication has been a little limited, we don’t really have any open antagonism toward our religious. A lot of people cannot say that. A lot of people […]
At church yesterday, the scripture was from the gospel of Mark. And the headline was the execution of John the Baptist. Now John is really famous from the gospel. He was an itinerant Jewish preacher who became famous for calling people to repent. And specifically he wanted people to repent for drifting away from their […]
This day always brings me to the proud memory of my father, after who I am named. A kid from New Jersey he served during World War II in the Army Air Corps. He was a crew member on the infamous B26 Marauder bomber. Due to it’s heavy losses early in the war it was […]
If you’re following the trial in New York against Donald Trump, the headline story is the credibility of Michael Cohen who is testifying against him. With his sordid reputation and history he is being rightfully assailed for his credibility. He has willingly admitted repeated lying and stealing in the past. So it makes his present […]