I’m publishing this series of articles to share and discuss my ruminations on coping with a troubled and messy world. You can “follow” me to never miss an article. The September 18, 2023, edition of The New Yorker contains one of the most moving stories one can ever hope to…

I’m publishing this series of articles to share and discuss my ruminations on coping with a troubled and messy world. You can “follow” me to never miss an article. David Brooks has done it again. In an Op-Ed, he’s more than made the case as to why Nikki Haley is…

I’m publishing this series of articles to share and discuss my ruminations on coping with a troubled and messy world. You can “follow” me to never miss an article. In an important Op-Ed, Carlos Lozada does a masterly job in laying out the multi-prong case against Trump[i]. In particular, as…

I’m publishing this series of articles to share and discuss my ruminations on coping with a troubled and messy world. You can “follow” me to never miss an article. Young people and Liberal-Arts Programs are increasingly under direct assault. In a synopsis of an Op-Ed which first appeared in The…

I’m publishing this series of articles to share and discuss my ruminations on coping with a troubled and messy world. You can “follow” me to never miss an article. Living in Berkeley, CA, literally just a few doors down from Albany, CA, I was shocked to read in the latest…

I’m publishing this series of articles to share and discuss my ruminations on coping with a troubled and messy world. You can “follow” me to never miss an article. An Op-Ed in The Times by David Brooks couldn’t be any clearer: the Republican Party as we’ve known it is dead[i]! …

I’m publishing this series of articles to share and discuss my ruminations on coping with a troubled and messy world. You can “follow” me to never miss an article. David Brooks in a scintillating article in The Atlantic on the desperate need for Moral Education at every stage of Education…

I’m publishing this series of articles to share and discuss my ruminations on coping with a troubled and messy world. You can “follow” me to never miss an article. Michael Lewis’ best-selling, ponderous book, The Premonition, is a mixed bag[i]. On the one hand, it does a commendable job in…

I’m publishing this series of articles to share and discuss my ruminations on coping with a troubled and messy world. You can “follow” me to never miss an article. Sadly, more and more, I find myself writing out of a deep sense of despair, not of hope and joy. There’s…