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- NYTimes Gift Article: It Wasn’t a ‘Civil War.’ It Was the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. August 2, 2026
- The Lowest of the Low July 31, 2026
- Devotion to Dignity July 26, 2026
- “You’ll Miss the Overall” (Gary Krenz) July 17, 2026
- Donald, Thy Name Is Corruption (Gary Krenz) July 11, 2026
- Robert Reich: How To Begin the Mending? July 6, 2026
- Neo-fascist group Patriot Front parades Confederate flag in Washington DC on Fourth of July July 5, 2026
- Ezra Klein’s extensive interview with Bryan Stevenson, Director of the Equal Justice Initiative July 4, 2026
- The State of America (Gary Krenz) July 4, 2026
- Dan: On the Fourth of July July 4, 2026
- A July 4 Anthology July 3, 2026
- Two visions of citizenship July 2, 2026
- Young Republican Activists Are Turning Against Trump July 1, 2026
- Revolution and Counterrevolution July 1, 2026
- Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission takes aim at church-state separation June 26, 2026
- Trump may have damaged Reflecting Pool by having motorcade drive over it June 26, 2026
- The Prairieland Sentences Are a National Emergency June 25, 2026
- Why men keep dropping out of the labor force: It starts in childhood, when kids see how males around them struggle, economists say June 23, 2026
- Health disparity researchers see a threat in new rules on NIH grants | STAT June 22, 2026
- The Danger and the Opportunity June 21, 2026
- A Follow-up on the Bloomsday Thought June 20, 2026
- A Bloomsday Thought June 16, 2026
- The Shell Game About Social Security “Insolvency” June 14, 2026
- Misunderstanding Postmodernity (Gary Krenz) June 8, 2026
- How Fox News viewership increases belief in the anti-immigrant great replacement theory June 3, 2026
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Tag Archives: writing
Devotion to Dignity
The MAGA Movement is intent on silencing authentic, responsible historiography of America’s past. This has been going on at least since DeSantis was elected governor of Florida (indeed, its roots go much farther back in the conservative movement). The latest … Continue reading
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Tagged america, american-revolution, book review, democracy, donald-trump, history, military, war, World War II, writing
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A Follow-up on the Bloomsday Thought
I’ve been thinking more about Ulysses and Leopold Bloom’s comment about history. “History,” he says, “is no life for man and woman!” “History means violence and hatred — the opposite of love. Let’s see if we can unpack this a bit more. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloomsday, books, democracy, history, philosophy, politics, writing
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MAGA’s “Dilbertian” Movie (Gary Krenz)
I should be posting about our very real and very immediate world crisis. There is a lot to say, to be sure, but really one thing that should be done: “25th Amendment: Now!” I’d like instead to turn to a piece … Continue reading
Affirming Democracy, Gathering Resistance 