Politics and its Discontents

I find myself these days thinking about the beasts that have been unleashed upon society. In the United States, of course, it is Donald Tr...

Anyone who reads this blog regularly probably knows that I am something of a cynic when it comes to our species. Sure, there are many excep...

While I was not going to post anything today, I offer the following brief thought: During this season and throughout 2014, may our hearts ...

H/t Catherin Bradbury 'God save thee, ancient Mariner! From the fiends, that plague thee thus!— Why look'st thou so?'—With ...

...to counteract the cynicism we can't help but feel following the political beat:

Adrianne Haslet and Beth Roche are two faces of the human spirit I was trying to talk about the other day . I am in awe.

During my teaching days, in the aftermath of 9/11 a student came to see me to discuss her feelings of helplessness and despair in the face ...

It isn't always pleasant to look into the mirror, but I'm glad we have people like Chris Hedges to force us to on a regular ba...

Reading or writing about politics can be an exercise in both cynicism and hope: cynicism because the worst of human nature is often on displ...