The definition of intoxication has many facets. Together these descriptors tell the story of a journey many Americans are on today, across many domains, one that may require novel expansions of our definitions of malady and treatment...
Research on diversity's value is clear, in education, in business, in nature. DEI is far from a perfect reflection of what we know, but that doesn't justify the GOP's determination to kill it...
The federal government has rarely been popular, but we'd miss it if it were gone, and currently it faces threats from multiple directions that could bring it to the brink of extinction if we don't rally around what makes us American...
In many presidential elections, the primaries of Super Tuesday are a turning point. This year, with voters divided between intoxication, ambivalence, and apathy, it looks more like there's no turning back...
Years after Simon's "Mrs Robinson" became a hit, DiMaggio wanted to know what was meant by the lyric that referred to him. "I haven't gone anywhere; I'm right here." Simon explained that he just meant that heroes are hard to find But heroes are everywhere--...
Bidenomics, vibecession, vabpression, all need to be replaced by another kind of economics. The first political party to understand this will never have to puzzle over disconnects between their macroeconomic and political metrics...
We can't rely on the media, the courts, or either party to do it. We, the people, are going to have to save our democracy this year, and we'll have to do more than vote to do it....
It seems like only yesterday when we made democracy the theme of this newsletter. But it was actually August, in 2019, and here we are again, with our way of life on the line--again...
2023 saw the passing of three remarkable women in the civic life of our country, one from each branch of government, all almost as remarkable for their journeys as for their destinations and achievements...
After a year like this one, it's natural to have a lot of wishes, and we do, some of them dating back to at least 2016. But they all come down to one....
