Michael Jackman, Writer

[Note: In honor of New Year's, here's one of my seasonal radio pieces from the archives - it first aired Friday 12/28/01 on WFPL Louisville, KY.]

As you know, New Year’s is coming, and with it, the dreaded resolution cycle.The cycle works like this: Two months of resolve are followed by a month of guilt and [...]

It’s Christmas season again. Time to republish this essay, newly revised this year. – mj
Each year for Christmas Santa brings me a dilemma: How should I, a follower of the six-pointed star rather than the cross, reply to the endless stream of “Merry Christmas” wishes?
Scenario: It’s December 20 and I’m at my local walk-in hair [...]