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Category Archives: Essays
IMPATIENCE AND HOPE
Ed note: A college classmate and journalist, Bruce Henderson, recently published this piece in a magazine he edits. It addresses our sense of loss as society often doesn’t have a moral compass. Although one can say that organized religion has … Continue reading
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David Brooks, “How the Ivy League Broke America”
Thanks to Linda Wolf for mentioning the article in The Atlantic
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Mr. Trump, Do You Realize How Much the World Has Changed Since You Were President?
Ed note: Friedman raised has legitimate concerns that an unfocused chaotic Whitehouse will not have the bandwidth to deal with, let alone understand, the major changes in Iran and Israel. Perhaps more importantly he won’t understand the coming explosion of … Continue reading
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A note from Robert Reich
Thanks to Mike C. Friends, What do card sharks, magicians, pickpockets, and tyrants do to hide their tricks? They deflect your attention. “Look over here!” they say, as they create a commotion that preoccupies your mind while they bamboozle you. … Continue reading
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It Can Happen Here: Reckoning with Donald Trump’s 2024 Election Victory
Everyone who realizes with proper alarm that Trump’s reelection is a deeply dangerous moment in American life must think hard about where we are. By David Remnick in The New Yorker (thanks to Ed M.) On the morning after Donald … Continue reading
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Young Washington voters say cost of living is their top concern
For most residents 18-35, the dream of home ownership is dead, and rising costs of food and transportation hit hard as the state grows more unaffordable. by Nate Sanford/ October 31, 2024 in Crosscut Brandon Borg, 21, fills his gas tank in … Continue reading
Hell yes! The Seattle Times edit board endorses Harris for president
By Frank Blethen and Kate Riley – Seattle Times publisher and Times editorial page editor As one of the country’s very few family-owned and -operated metro newspapers left, The Seattle Times is also apparently one of the few whose editorial board is … Continue reading
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Lessons for Industry from Boeing’s Wanton Self-Immolation
By James S. Russell in Post Alley (thanks to Ed M.) The 2018 crash of two airliners, one in Indonesia (in which 189 people died), the other in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which killed 157, underscore that America needs to revive … Continue reading
Every river has its people
If “every river has its people,” can The People restore their river? Thanks to Ed M. Davus Burge in Post Alley Of Native Americans and their world on Puget Sound, here ar the words of John, a Swinomish elder born … Continue reading
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I Don’t Want to Live in a Monoculture, and Neither Do You
Ed note: This is a thought provoking article about the failure of the DEI effort at the University of Michigan. Do we live in a monoculture, given the current political turmoil? Is part of the equation showing respect, kindness and … Continue reading
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The Heart of the Debate
By Diana Butler Bass from The Cottage – Thanks to Pam P. Tonight is debate night in America. This might be the only meeting between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris before our November elections. I was dreading the Trump-Biden debate. … Continue reading
Lewis Thomas on Aging
From The Fragile Species: “Florida Scott Maxwell, a successful British actress, a scholar, and always a writer, wrote: ‘Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quite time. My seventies were interesting and serene, but my eighties were passionate. I … Continue reading
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Democracy–all at once
by Heather Cox Richardson
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David Brooks critique–“Making Peace With the Kamala Harris Nomination”
By David Brook Opinion Columnist in the NYT At the beginning of 2019 I wrote a column enthusiastically arguing that Kamala Harris was the Democratic Party’s strongest candidate to take on Donald Trump. My core argument was pretty simple: If Democrats hoped to … Continue reading
Treaty Justice by Charles Wilkinson
Thanks to Ed M. From Post Alley by David Brewster Fifty years ago, federal Judge George Boldt issued his landmark decision on tribal fishing rights. An admirable new book, Treaty Justice, by law professor and tribal advocate Charles Wilkinson, has just … Continue reading
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Today’s Teenagers Have Invented a Language That Captures the World Perfectly
By Stephen Marche in the NYT. (Thanks to Put B.) Mr. Marche is the author, most recently, of “The Next Civil War.” My son just completed high school and when he leaves for college in the fall my life will change … Continue reading
Father’s Day Essay by Heather Cox Richardson
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What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast?
By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist, reporting from Portland, Ore. for the NYT As Democrats make their case to voters around the country this fall, one challenge is that some of the bluest parts of the country — cities on the West … Continue reading
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The Woman Who Could Smell Parkinson’s
She first noticed the scent on her husband. Now her abilities are helping unlock new research in early disease detection. By Scott Sayare in the NYT: Scott Sayare is a writer in New York. He interviewed doctors, researchers, caregivers and patients … Continue reading
Heather Cox Richardson – Contrasting facts to Trump lies
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How to Stay Sane in Brutalizing Times
Thanks to Marilyn W. By David Brooks We’re living in a brutalizing time: Scenes of mass savagery pervade the media. Americans have become vicious toward one another amid our disagreements. Everywhere I go, people are coping with an avalanche of negative … Continue reading
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“The In-Between: Unforgettable Moments During Life’s Final Moments” by Hadley Valhos
In the NYT’s Magazine (Thanks to Tim and Tony) A decade ago, Hadley Vlahos was lost. She was a young single mother, searching for meaning and struggling to make ends meet while she navigated nursing school. After earning her degree, … Continue reading
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‘I Love You. I Am Sorry’: One Jew, One Muslim and a Friendship Tested by War
A Los Angeles program that connects Muslims and Jews has been strained by the war in Israel. But the group’s leaders found that it has strengthened their bond. By Kurt Streeter in the NYT (Thanks to Marilyn W.) The two women … Continue reading
“Their Own Civil War”: Kim Schrier Talks about the Chaos in the House
By Joel Connelly As colleagues savored soundbites on Sunday morning TV shows, a welcome opportunity came to hear out solid work-horse member of Congress who reaches across the aisle in the “other” Washington. But U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., did … Continue reading
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