Matthew RiveraThe Election, Doom, and Something Constructive To DoFirst, the headlines cause frustration; then, I look for what I can do; then, I realize that what I can do feels insignificant; and…Oct 29, 2020Oct 29, 2020
Matthew RiveraC’est pourquoi la lumièreUn temps dur, pleine d’anxiété Semble parfois de ne cesse jamais. Il provoque de scènes cauchemardesques Nous rappelant d’un fin grotesque…Mar 29, 2020Mar 29, 2020
Matthew Rivera1a. What’s the word for having so much to say but believing that doing so won’t matter?1b. If ideas are never expressed, are they lost forever?Mar 15, 2020Mar 15, 2020
Matthew RiveraIt’s Almost 2020And of that huge number: 2020. (What surprises does it hold?)Dec 30, 2019Dec 30, 2019
Matthew RiveraAn American Experience: The Mass ShootingAmericans are once more brought to global shame by their mass shootings.Aug 5, 2019Aug 5, 2019
Matthew RiveraOne Judicial Hearing, TomorrowOne hearing, tomorrow, staged theatrics where power presides and the political binary grinds us into hamburger.Sep 26, 2018Sep 26, 2018
Matthew RiveraJohn McCain, In MemoriamNever do politicians sadden me. How could the passing of someone whom I never voted for, most of whose policies I wouldn’t even support, a…Aug 26, 2018Aug 26, 2018
Matthew RiveraI Long for Those Days (Which Maybe Never Were)I long for those days (which maybe never were) when citizens were citizens, arguing issues and not a party’s platform.Aug 10, 2018Aug 10, 2018
Matthew RiveraOn Dickinson’s “‘Hope’ Is the Thing with Feathers”Hope flits and dances for joyAug 7, 2018Aug 7, 2018
