This post was originally made on 6/23/21 Welcome to The Bloch, As I’m sure you’ve heard, President Biden signed into law a new federal holiday last Thursday: Juneteenth National Independence Day has officially been recognized. …

This post was originally made on 6/15/21 Welcome to The Bloch, I’m stoked to write this letter. It’s time to update my clearly terrible predictions about how the NBA Playoffs were shaping up at the end of May. Back then I had just watched the Clippers lose game 2 to…

Welcome to The Bloch, In honor of Pride this month, I decided to take a moment to appreciate the progress that the LGBTQ+ community has made in the struggle for civil rights, and also to highlight where progress is desperately needed. An article titled, The Changing Landscape of Global LGBTQ+…

Welcome to The Bloch, I wrote a letter last month exploring the Conflict in the Holy Land, and that got me thinking about history, war, religion, human rights, and culture at a depth that I haven’t dived to in some time. I’ve been mainly focused on my own world: paying…

Welcome to The Bloch, I’ve been anticipating the NBA playoffs with high expectations for a few months now, and they have not disappointed thus far. This year the playoffs started off with a mini play-in tournament, and commissioner Adam Silver is interested in keeping it going in the future. The…

This post was originally made on 5/20/21 Welcome to The Bloch, The violent conflict in the ‘Holy Land’ has re-erupted over the last week. I have been seeing a ton of conflicting information and misinformation in my social media feed. I am by no means an expert in this area…

This post was originally made on 5/2/21 Welcome to The Bloch, I had the pleasure of sitting down with my friend and creative musical magician Justin Waves last week. I just got a new keyboard, and Justin gave me a little lesson in music theory. As we were finishing up…

This post was originally made on 5/12/21 Welcome to The Bloch, So much has happened since my last letter, it was hard to know what to talk about. To name a few: we’ve seen Tom Brady with laser eyes, Elon Musk hosted the Mother’s Day SNL, ETH topped $3,000, and…

This post was originally made on 4/27/21 Welcome to The Bloch, It’s hard to know where to begin with this one. I’ll take a step back. A quote I’m fond of by Eckhart Tolle says: “To love is to recognize yourself in another.” We, humans, recognize ourselves in others all…