Happy New Year From Exact Change Today
DECEMBER 31, 2015 Photo: Bettmann/CORBIS What a year! I will never forget 2015 for many reasons, but one of the most memorable moments for me was realizing my dream…
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Merry Christmas From Exact Change Today
DECEMBER 24, 2015 This is the first Christmas for Exact Change Today, and I would just like to take a moment to thank all of you who gave us…
#thoughtsandprayers
DECEMBER 3, 2015 For a change, it didn’t take long for the Republican Presidential candidates to react to yesterday’s mass killing of 14 people in San Bernadino, CA. Did…
This Is How Some Countries Greet Syrian Refugees Fleeing From ISIS
NOVEMBER 18, 2015 This is yesterday’s front page of the Scottish newspaper The National, as the first wave of Syrian refugees arrived in Glasgow. The warm greeting that the…
What Pope Francis’ Trip Can Teach a Lapsed Gay Catholic
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) It was June of 1963. I was about to turn 12 and was in love with the Roman Catholic Church. More accurately, I…
Boehner to Resign from Congress Next Month — A Tale of a Challenged Speakership
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 Speaker of the House John Boehner disclosed today that will resign the speakership and his seat in Congress at the end of October. The resignation announcement, which…
Anti-Gay Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis — Just What Is Her Game Here?
SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 I so wanted to avoid talking about this woman, but her determined insistence on defying settled law has made it impossible. Following the June Supreme Court ruling…
When a Beloved Childhood Memory Manages to Be Even Better 50 Years Later
AUGUST 10, 2015 I will never forget the first time saw the Ocean House in Watch Hill, RI. It was 1965, and it was the only time my family ever…
Is Honoring Caitlyn Jenner at the ESPY Awards Deserved or Exploitative?
JULY 15, 2015 Tonight the world of sports honors its best at the 23rd Annual ESPY Awards in a ceremony to be held in Los Angeles. Among tonight’s honorees is…
The Confederate Flag — If It’s Truly a Symbol of Dixie Heritage, Why Do Northerners Fly It?
JUNE 22, 2015 In 1963, when I was just entering my teens in Waterbury, CT, I encountered the first Confederate flag that I had ever seen outside of books. Of…
