5 Sep, 2017
Sixth grade recess
“How close are we today to nuclear war between the United States and North Korea? As close as somebody in...
29 Aug, 2017
Credibility Equals Annihilation
“There is no more sacred cow in American foreign policy, and none more in need of examination, than the notion...
10 Aug, 2017
Weed
“Fifty years ago I was speculating with a college friend of mine about what we might do with our lives…”...
26 Jul, 2017
There Is Still Time, Brother
“Like many citizens for whom the daily headlines are an invitation to ponder the mental health of our political leaders…”...
27 Jun, 2017
“A Decent Respect for the Opinions of Mankind”
“The distractions of the Trump presidency, even including Russian attempts to hack our democracy, have swamped events that may in...
4 Jun, 2017
Evil and the Paris Accords
“Much ink was spilled in the year leading up to the election of the president on the subject of incipient...
6 Apr, 2017
Our Nuclear Folly
“The well-established assumption that North Korea is our most difficult and dangerous foreign policy challenge is worth a little dispassionate...
13 Feb, 2017
Remembering Who We Are
“Our young nation is enduring a period of farce, though it doesn’t feel so amusing for stranded immigrants or unemployed...
25 Jan, 2017
Whiteness and the “Other”
“America cannot become great without embracing and working through the tragedy of slavery—all that has unfolded from the way…” Winslow...
13 Jan, 2017
The Light of the World
“There are two things that too many of us seem to be reluctant to take in about present conditions on...
14 Nov, 2016
The High Calling of Teaching
“Post-election shock has invited many of us to look within. What might have been our own role in this extraordinary...
23 Oct, 2016
Open letter to Secretary Clinton and Senator Kaine
“I am unreservedly delighted that Secretary Clinton picked Senator Kaine and assume that all is on track for both of...
21 Oct, 2016
“13th”
“Netflix’s new 100-minute documentary, “13th,” conceived and directed by Ava DuVernay, should be required viewing not only for high school...
5 Aug, 2016
What’s Best for Children?
“The policy of nuclear deterrence is a raging failure masked as a roaring success. It is a failure because if...
27 Jul, 2016
Beyond Drift
“It is hard to say which is more mesmerizing about our present cultural moment, the blustering neo-fascism of Donald Trump,...