I love the pithy proverb: Volume 12
The most recent in my series of aphorisms that have captured my attention.
All posts filed under: The Times We Live In
Addressing the challenges of our polarized times
Don’t let them teach you only to hate
The world fell in love with ordinary America and reminded us why this country is still worth fighting for.
A tale of hope and struggle
Laila Lalami’s debut novel takes us into the hopes and fears of modern Morocco with subtlety and grace.
Fighting to ensure that a nation conceived in liberty can endure
Remembering that the Declaration of Independence was the original NO KINGS document.
Emptying the drafts folder
Short takes on topics delightful, powerful, destructive and dumb — with a few updates.
When history, myth, and memory clash
An interview with John Garrison Marks on understanding George Washington’s legacy of slavery.
A Saturday grab bag: The Summer Solstice edition
Links to stories from a few writers I follow who have important things to say. With musical interludes.
Possibility and promise have long been contested
Ed Ayers looks at American history to find contested visions, but also hope for our future.
Standing in a present that had once been an unimaginable future
Solnit on how the next era comes after the end of the last one. In between comes a lot of falling apart.
Our country has a lot of problems. Napping isn’t one of them.
Not so random thoughts on naps, billionaires, and corruption.
MORE TO COME... 