Bang! – The Unstoppable Force Meets the Immoveable Object From Oil City Confidential I’m listening to the latest Wilko Johnson record called Blow Your Mind. A few years before that, I listened a lot to his previous album Going Back Home, a joint venture with Roger Daltry, The Who singer. And way before that, I […]
Top 20 of 2020
We entered 2020 with a renewed commitment to the Hard Crackers project. The year has shaped up to be one that none of us could have imagined, not even in our wildest dreams. We’d like to take this moment and revisit some of the ways we contributed to documenting daily life in the midst of […]
The DOE’s Forgotten Stepchild: NYC’s District 75 Deals with COVID-19
District 75 is a specialized district within the NYC Department of Education. It is a completely segregated school district for special needs students between the ages of 3 and 21 including those dealing with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), significant cognitive delays and emotional disturbances. An estimated 90% of the 25,000 students in District 75’s 400 […]
COVID in Prison
When COVID-19 hit everybody was watching the news. We all saw the spread, then the deaths that followed. The prison here seemed to be on standby for like two months before we, “the inmates,” were issued ONE! just one, mask. Then, a week later we were issued another, 2nd! mask. Soon after, we were told […]
Murphy’s Law – A Day in the Life
Murphy’s Law was in full effect for me today (Saturday). Murphy’s Law is not quite Sod’s Law, nor is it exactly Finagle’s Law, although they all capture the same sentiment. The tenet of Murphy’s Law is “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” The older I get the more I seem to be bedeviled […]
“The Last Stand of Freedom in America”
“How many of you have an easy life?” the speaker asked the audience. To his dismay a handful of people raised their hands. “Well, okay, I guess some of you have it good, but many of you clearly don’t.” His voice could be barely heard and the audience shouted at him to speak into the […]