democracy

My Goodreads Review of the novel 2020

As a starting point, it was impossible to suspend disbelief when I discovered this book centers…
One month (or so) in

I have wondered how to take stock of one month (or so) of the pandemic and…
Enough.

Even before our world turned upside down and/or made all of our fault lines even more…
America on Trial

First, I want to share Adam Schiff’s closing words from January 24, 2020: Sometimes I think…
Did you vote yet?

It’s voting day, and I just spent a few hours encouraging people to vote. I already…
Listening Notes: 1619 podcast, Episode 5, Part 2

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/podcasts/1619-slavery-farm-loan-discrimination.html “The Land of Fathers, Part 2” is the last episode of the 1619 podcast series.…
Listening Notes: America Dissected

Thanks to some extra time on the treadmill, and it’s true that I am glad I…
Listening Notes: 1619 Episode 5

I hope I don’t sound as impatient as I felt, but the New York Times *finally* issued…
Word Search

I have been kicking around titles for this blog post. One was “Awkward segue” since I…
1619 Project: Muhammad

Khalil Gibran Muhammad’s essay is titled “The sugar that saturates the American diet has a barbaric…