All posts filed under: Recommended Readings

Books (along with a smattering of movies and plays) that I have found of interest and want to share

Selling your soul for a mess of pottage: The politics of morality and racism

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What have we given up of long-term value for our short-term gains?

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The New Deal should serve as inspiration for our response to today’s crises.

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A West Point history professor suggests to prevent a racist future we must understand our racist past.

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Timothy Snyder and Lewis Lapham on the response to tyranny and the hard labor of democracy.

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Understanding compromises made for unity is the start to addressing the underlying causes of our cleavages.

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I have a confession to make. I have lived in assisted living my entire life.

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Born in slavery, Frederick Douglass chose February 14th as his birthday. Read why he remains a prophet for today.

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Pete Buttigieg explains why trust is foundational to American democracy and why we must fight the attacks on truth.

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As citizens attack our Capitol, remember that violence and paranoia are part of our character. As is hope.

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The books I read in the year of COVID, Black Lives Matter, and GOP attacks on our democracy.