Draw from a well of common goodness
Wrestling with ways to respond to a politics of division.
All posts tagged: Rebecca Solnit
Difficult is not the same as impossible
Learning to hold the “both/and” of human possibility.
“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered”
Recent pieces by historians on democracy and politics as we enter an election year.
Adding clarity and perspective to our tumultuous news feeds
Heather Cox Richardson illuminates rather than obfuscates the chaos of the present moment.
Letter to the world
Where I discuss “why” this newsletter exists.
Working our way through the darkness
Anne Applebaum on how authoritarians are willing to destroy their countries to maintain power.
It is never too late to change the future
With best wishes for a hopeful, purposeful, and joyful 2022, as we work toward a better future.
Bringing clarity to our times
Writers with online platforms you can turn to for help in providing clarity and context for our times.
Stop and smell the roses
Rebecca Solnit suggests that no matter life’s challenges, we need to smell the roses along the way.
What if we have it all wrong? Reality and the dislocation of joy
Joy is too often dislocated, as if there could be no simple pleasures which are not really about cash.
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