Free people read freely
Evan Friss has a new work on the American bookshop . . . a good read during Banned Books Week.
Author: DJB
Timeless songs for every age
Admiring bluegrass musicians deliver the first multi-artist tribute album of Tom Paxton songs.
Finding joy
Finding joy in the American people, in optimism, in the investment in our future, in dreams.
Legitimacy lost
The NYT on the chief justice’s effort to blow up the legitimacy of today’s Supreme Court.
Hard work is good work
Post-debate thoughts from a wide range of historians, political scientists, and journalists.
Sending love to the cat ladies
Two famous cat ladies . . . not to mention amazing musicians . . . made endorsements this week.
From the bookshelf: August 2024
Each month I have a goal to read five books. Here are the books I read in August 2024.
A voracious curiosity for the built environments of the world
G.E. Kidder Smith’s life work captures a transformational era in world history.
Hot bluegrass as summer cools down
Liam Purcell, Molly Tuttle, and Old Crow Medicine Show: great music to end the summer.
The birth of a new imperial order
A new work on the CIA highlights the often unintended and disastrous effects of unaccountable power.
MORE TO COME... 