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An occasional series of posts with links and short descriptions to books and articles of interest.

If everybody did

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Jo Ann Stover’s delightful 1960s children’s book speaks to how we should live in community.

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Tom Frank’s “Historic Houses of Worship” makes an eloquent case for these community landmarks.

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Heather Cox Richardson’s recent book explains how one can win the literal war and lose the larger fight.

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Merlin Sheldrake’s revelatory book on fungi changes our understanding of how the world works.

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Writers with online platforms you can turn to for help in providing clarity and context for our times.

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Democracy’s defenders need to undertake constant work on multiple fronts to beat back the lies.

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Disinformation, delivered at scale with new technology, is used to divide and conquer, putting democracy at risk.

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The things that happen to us are not what’s important. What’s important is our response.

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Rebecca Solnit suggests that no matter life’s challenges, we need to smell the roses along the way.

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It is hard work to build a better America for everyone.