Jaime FranchiThe Government I DeservedIf you know me at all, you know that Joe Biden has been my pick for the past 12 years. We joke that I’m in love with him, but it’s not…Nov 24, 2020Nov 24, 2020
Jaime FranchiI Met God in Traffic CourtIt’s not like I think I know everything. In fact, I’m pretty comfortable with the fact that there is so much I don’t know — that the world…Nov 12, 20191Nov 12, 20191
Jaime FranchiMy evolving thoughts on 9/119/11 was a line drawn in the sand; the towers were not only physical structures that held the flesh and blood of so many people who lived…Sep 11, 2019Sep 11, 2019
Jaime FranchiSeparated One Year — Refections on Lake GeorgeIt was two full days of yes. You want a $12 ice cream? Yes. You want to swim in the lake? Yes. You want me to come in with you? Okay sure…Aug 18, 20191Aug 18, 20191
Jaime FranchiMeeting Toni Morrison, A Beloved HeroThe stairs inside Carnegie Hall look exactly like you wish they would. Wide, sweeping and dramatic. Teetering down them with my enormous…Aug 6, 20191Aug 6, 20191
Jaime FranchiThe Day in QuestionI don’t know how your mind works, but inside mine is a courtroom. On the most difficult nights, when sleep fails, attorneys plead their…Jul 4, 20191Jul 4, 20191
Jaime FranchiI was touched by Joe Biden.Maybe he recognized the walking woundedness in my eyes. Maybe he picked up, in the fleeting moments of a posed group photo of Congressman…Apr 4, 2019Apr 4, 2019
Jaime FranchiDivorcing the House that Hated MeI’ve lived in houses that hated me. The one I lived my married years in, for example.Apr 2, 20191Apr 2, 20191
Jaime FranchiRewriting the Script on the Gun DebateI’ve been writing Op-Eds on gun violence through so many years of gun debates, against the backdrop of mass shootings that only grew in…Feb 23, 2018Feb 23, 2018
Jaime FranchiThe Year the Patriarchy Died(To the tune of Don McLean’s “American Pie.”)Nov 30, 20172Nov 30, 20172