Weekly Reader: A case for transformation
What will we do with the lessons learned during a year of agony, terror, and loss?
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Links and short descriptions to articles I found of interest this week.
Weekly Reader: We need better stories
Nesrine Malik argues we need new stories to overcome the harmful myths that subvert freedom.
Weekly Reader: Would you like to improve your life?
Make hard things easier, learn to apologize, write shorter emails, and get on with living a better life.
Weekly Reader: Fun and games
Superteams, unwritten rules, and baseball’s wackiest play ever.
Weekly Reader: Hidden history; hidden agendas
Three stories on how agendas often shape our historical narratives.
Weekly Reader: Shifting blame
To live so that we will be a people worth remembering, we must seek the truth from our history.
Weekly Reader: A baker’s dozen, second edition
Why we get history so wrong, the media’s chance for improvement, and voting rights.
Weekly Reader: Thanks, Boz, for the memories
If you think you are judging others when you write, you’re wrong. You’re uncovering yourself – Thomas Boswell
Weekly Reader: Bearing witness
As humans we should bear witness to each other’s suffering. Darnella Frazier bore witness and changed history.
Weekly Reader: The catcher was a spy
In the end, there are few men who find ways to live original lives. Moe Berg did that.
