Author: TerranceDC

(With apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez.) It began with Veggie Booty. Or rather, I should say, it ended with Veggie Booty. As was my habit, I’d tossed it into the cart during our family’s weekend grocery shopping...

Everyone has heard at least one “health care nightmare” story, like the death of 17-year-old Nataline Sarkysian hours after her insurance company approved coverage a liver transplant after repeated denials. Before...

When I started writing this series, I knew that some time would pass between posts and that—given the nature of the blogosphere—what I’m writing about here might not be news anymore and that people would have...

Ed. Note: This was written before the South Carolina Primary. I suppose it was inevitable. The race for the White House is about to go full tilt boogie, and of the candidates vying for the Democratic party’s nomination one...

Since turning 18, I have never not voted. In every election in which I’ve been eligible—local, state, and national—I have cast a ballot. Maybe it’s because I had parents who lived during the civil rights era. They...