Politics of Mourning

 Every death is personal, and friends and family are grieving. It should not be used for a political agenda. Never lose sight of this.

Grieving For Society

The Call to Be Creative

When I was swimming in grief's minestrone soup, one of the realities that helped me cope was the sameness of life outside my house. Every day I could mindlessly commute to work, do my job, come home, watch TV, sleep.

Then 9/11 happened, a few months after my wife died, and my grief was swept up into the larger grief of the world. I had no sanctuary from death. Because I didn’t have cable, even TV wasn't a refuge because of its unrelenting coverage of the terror and destruction.

Public Grief and Joe Biden

My essay on the importance of public grief and Joe Biden. At the Huffington Post.

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-liebenow/5-reasons-joe-bidens-public-grief-was-important_b_9264762.html