Lincoln’s Funeral Train
A punk rocker and a roots musician seem unlikely bedfellows, but they both understand threats to democracy.
All posts filed under: The Times We Live In
Eric Boehlert, R.I.P.
I will miss Eric Boehlert’s fearless media commentary and quirky musical sensibilities.
Arrogance cloaked as humility
Conservatives hide their true agenda in an attempt to foist highly unpopular beliefs on Americans.
March Madness returns just in time to save sports
A March Madness without gambling ads is a breath of fresh air in a bleak sports television landscape.
Inequality and baseball
Robyn Ryle on baseball: “The players want baseball to be good. The owners just want to make money.”
Choosing judgment or joy
In our polarized times, how do we move from judgment of those who are different from us.
The books I read in February 2022
Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here’s my list from February 2022.
Time for a reckoning and a reimagining
We can learn the history of slavery, but do we have the collective will to reckon with it?
Hate is another of the hounds of hell
Howard Thurman writes of how hatred leads to death of the mind and spirit.
Speak up about what you think is important, to take up oxygen that otherwise feeds the hatred and division
Historian Heather Cox Richardson’s interview with President Biden arrived on my birthday. What a gift.
