All posts filed under: The Times We Live In

Addressing the challenges of our polarized times

Names matter

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Thoughts on a recent visit to the highest peak in North America and its historic name.

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Q&A with Joe McGill about his crusading efforts with The Slave Dwelling Project.

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Our extremist Supreme Court is a train wreck fifty years in the making.

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Celebrating democracy, diversity, and our founding principle at the Takoma Park July 4th parade.

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The most recent volume of the short and to-the-point adages that capture truth in a few words.

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The strong economic recovery continues … while the media fiddles.

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Given recent news events, Timothy Egan’s reminder of the history in the fight for democracy is timely.

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Remembering the 79th anniversary of D-Day with a reminder that the fight against fascism continues today.

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Thanks to the Biden/Harris administration, the US is in the midst of an astonishing economic run.

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In “Caste”, Isabel Wilkerson writes persuasively and honestly about the American failure of character.