Archive - Ellis’s Substack

Call The Referee

The story that follows is true.

Feb 5 •

January 2025

December 2024

A Variation Of Tea Ceremony

State Specific Learning

Dec 21, 2024 •

Hurt People Hurt People: It Ain't Necessarily So

Dedicated to all those who do not.

Dec 10, 2024 •

November 2024

Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to do martial arts, and in fact, did some very silly back-yard karate in high school, and one semester of taekwondo in…

Nov 30, 2024 •

Eulogy For Evelyn Blockstein Amdur

October 28th, 1921 – February 29th, 2004

Nov 15, 2024 •

Bearing Witness

Many years ago, I was asked to speak at a hostage negotiation conference, organized by a local police agency.

Nov 7, 2024 •

Over many years, I have been consulted by law enforcement agencies concerning individuals suffering from severe mental illness, who repeatedly enact…

Nov 2, 2024 •

October 2024

Whispers In A Tokyo Station Sub-Basement

Living in Tokyo.

Oct 5, 2024 •

September 2024

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