New Year’s Day is the western world’s touchstone for resolution making. There’s plainly something about that 01/01 date that appeals to many of us, like a celestial reset button: Press here to change your life! But not for all of us, or at least not for all our lives. For …
So many issues, all so urgent, all so important! Where shall we start? Our friends at The New York Times’ Year of Living Better have a suggestion. Begin by exploring how you can participate in politics. The most obvious way to act “politically” is to vote. America just concluded a …
The new year has not even reached the end of its first month. Nonetheless, America has endured more than its fair share of transgressive politicians and the riotous actions of their deluded followers. The knock-on effects have been far-ranging and shocking, if not necessarily surprising. But surprises come to those …
Amid the sirens and shouting of Black Lives Matter protests — or the braying of insurrectionist mobs, to give a more recent example — tiny, quiet actions of bravery capture our attention. During the night of the soon-to-be-former president’s strut to St Michael’s Episcopal Church, people fled from the tear-gas …
Seeing out 2020 was one thing. Getting through 2021 will be a whole ‘nother problem. Especially when there are people out there with more fuel and a new box of matches. And they’re standing next to the dumpster fire we hoped we had put out on New Year’s Day. Not …
Steady readers know I usually post on Thursday nights, unless something quite significant prevents either actual typing or useful inspiration. Not last night. I was not about to give 2020 any more dignity than it deserved. New Year’s Eve usually affords a writer copious opportunities for mildly nostalgic, rosy-tinted year-end …
