Photos, Election Night, Lola’s, Detroit

by | Nov 15, 2008 | Blog

Here are some photos that Marian took on election night at Lola’s restaurant in Detroit, along with some photos the other customers took of us. Marian is the guy in the white shirt and black leather blazer. Gerald is the handsome dude in the white apron …...

Last Thoughts on the Election

by | Nov 12, 2008 | Blog

For months before the election, I kept experiencing these Larry David moments in which I would catch myself angling my Obama button so my fellow (black) passengers on the bus could see it, or hoping that a deliveryman or one of my African-American neighbors would...

Apologies to my Muslim, Arab, and gay and lesbian friends

by | Nov 11, 2008 | Blog

Now that the election is over, I want to apologize to my Muslim and Arab-American friends, colleagues, and fellow-citizens for not publicly expressing my outrage at the virulent Arab- and Muslim-bashing in which the Republicans were engaged. When The Times contacted...