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On this Day in 1970 (Or, When We Gave a Damn About Mass Shootings)
53 years ago today, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young recorded “Ohio,” Neil Young’s response to the Kent State killings 18 days prior. It seems almost…
May 22, 2023
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Future Shock, Chesterton, Columbo
Corroding our Spotless Machines in the Light of the Utterly Reasonable Moon
May 1, 2023
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April 2023
Machines and Modernists: A Few Stray Thoughts on Writing for One's Organic Self
Previously We were talking about the difference between common sense and wisdom, and I ended with the not-so-radical and not-so-original thought that we…
Apr 28, 2023
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Echo Chambers, Common Sense: Leaving Twitter for the Gym
What Have You Done for Me Lately? It’s been a while since my last update. I don’t know that I’ve stopped writing in some big sense or that I feel some…
Apr 25, 2023
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February 2023
Miscellany: John Kruk, Meatballs, Trains; Zelensky's Power Fleece
Just a few things. I invited John Kruk to go with me to a Springsteen show in Philly this summer. I don’t know John Kruk, but, thanks to Twitter, I…
Feb 20, 2023
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November 2022
A Demographer's Lament: Democrats are Losing the Working Class
Ruy Teixeira is jilted. But is he also right?
Nov 8, 2022
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It's Still the Economy
Democrats need an economic message as the GOP doubles down on trickle-down.
Nov 3, 2022
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October 2022
Rejection Letters and Inside Baseball
A short read parsing rejection letters, remembering Bart Giamatti, and learning from the Phillie Phanatic.
Oct 10, 2022
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My Fellow (Italian) Americans
We Owe Ourselves More Than Columbus
Oct 7, 2022
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Poetry at the End of the World
I first learned about Francis Fukuyama’s “end of history” thesis in an undergraduate international relations class in 1999 or 2000. We also learned…
Oct 6, 2022
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September 2022
Highways and Hunger
A short reflection on the ecology of the PA Turnpike; Two Springsteen shows 14 years apart show what little progress we've made on food security.
Sep 30, 2022
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Advice on Writing and Life from Hemingway, Hornby, and Parini
A short collection of decent suggestions to end the week.
Sep 16, 2022
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