Commentary

I’ve announced my retirement from full time work. And now, it’s time for a meat-based cocktail.

FIRST, MY RETIREMENT A note sent by my manager at T. Rowe Price to the firm: A New Chapter for …

On Juneteenth, I’m listening to the voices of former slaves as they tell their stories.

Last week I received an email from Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress. In part she wrote, “This June, we …

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jimmy Fallon musically celebrate the return of Broadway.

The joy, discovery, and spirit of Broadway as we’ve known it is finally returning to the Great White Way this …

Domestic racial terrorism: Learning about and researching the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.

During the Tulsa Race Massacre, white mobs killed hundreds of Black residents and destroyed businesses in the city’s Greenwood district—a …

Marilyn Maye. Streaming a new concert from Feinstein’s/54 Below. Meet her; get your tickets.

On an early Sunday morning, 54 years ago, I walked into the music library at KARD FM in Wichita, Kansas …

Our refrigerator died last week. We had to do some food triage—and some emergency eating, also.

The IncidentI was in a Zoom meeting when I heard a steady, persistent, unsettling beep, beep, beep coming from the …

Storyline Online: Celebrating Black History Month through relevant storytelling.

As a little kid, my parents read to me every night. Then as got a bit older and learned to …

A good tune makes our days in isolation more bearable. Tonight, I’m remembering Harry Nilsson.

I love working from home, and I have a great WFH space. Yet oddly, from time to time over the …

Now that our country is back on a positive track, I’ll start posting again. (It’s been an ugly four years.)

A haiku for our mobster-in-chief.

Seventeen syllables, a 5-7-5 for January 4, 2021.

I sure hope the coming ’21 turns out better than this 21.

Happy New Year, everyone. Cheers!

Merry Christmas! I’m sending you a tune to brighten your holiday. Thanks for reading BrockelPress.

In many ways, 2020 has been the year from hell, hasn’t it? I’ve been working from home since March 13 …

I think I know how Donald J. Trump will escape going to prison. That darn Space Force!

He’d planned it all along. Too bad the space-going clown car is only big enough for him, a bucket of …

My friends.

Please vote, vote early if you can, vote safely, and please be kind.

There was a killing in Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre building: Folks are feeling it.

Danny Gavigan is a resident company member of Everyman Theatre and over the years, we’ve enjoyed his spot-on performances in …

Timelines can be an effective way of presenting actions over time. Here’s a stellar example.

I turned to a news channel a few minutes ago. I watched a woman say, “I don’t recognize our country …