All posts filed under: The Times We Live In

Addressing the challenges of our polarized times

Weekly Reader: It really wasn’t your fault 2020, but good riddance

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Articles on the relevance of history, Brexit, steps to save democracy, and a famous Martin D-28.

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Gratitude involves a conscious choice. Amidst cries of hatred we need to see the strength in gratitude.

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Personal reminders of what matters can help as we seek to regain our equilibrium after a tumultuous year.

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Articles on history and patriotism, Southern albums of 2020, gutting minor league baseball, and phrases you need to stop using right now!

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Weekly letters of gratitude proved a powerful antidote to the poison that threatened to permeate our lives in 2020.

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Links to articles about winter solstice, objects that were SO 2020, health benefits of bananas, and more.

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December is for “Best of…” lists. To celebrate 2020 here are the top 10 posts based on reader views.

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Links to articles of interest, including how the highest paid state employee in Alabama is a fired football coach.

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

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“Democracy in Chains” helps the reader understand how unfettered capitalism became more sacrosanct than democracy in America.