Learning from the ladies’ room

The new office building’s decorators had chosen fancy floor-to-ceiling stall doors in the restrooms. The heavy wooden louvered doors looked posh, they were incredibly private, and they matched other decor elements in the building. There’s only one problem: the building’s women couldn’t tell when the stalls were occupied. Now here’s a thing that y’all might not know, … Continue reading “Learning from the ladies’ room”

There. Are. Four. Lights.

This has been a hard month for people who believed in the better angels of our American democratic nature. Donald Trump is a conundrum. He’s shattering existing rules and assumed mores for the presidency, setting up an administration that will argue that “getting things done” is more important than “doing things right.” There will be … Continue reading “There. Are. Four. Lights.”