Category: Love in the Time of Coronavirus
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Back to Nature on Boreas Pass
I keep thinking about the first paragraph of Moby Dick, the whole of which is on my fall reading list. “Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see…
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If School Can’t Pause, We’re Doing it Wrong
I will return to my series Keeping the Faith: Fostering Engaged Citizenship in the US next week. I was really worried when I went to college. Part of my elementary and all of my middle and high school years happened in a public school of choice (like a charter school, but established long before charter…
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Nothing to Lose: Race and Poverty in America
You can’t give people nothing to lose and expect stability. The grace, tolerance, and restraint shown by black and brown people in the protests gripping the nation continually amazes me. Almost all of the demonstrators are committed to furthering a non-violent movement for change. Given the realities, that demonstrates a dedication to principles of peaceful…
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National Service
Today, watching a back episode of Amanpour and Co., I heard Mark Cuban call for National Service. The idea gets kicked around. Pete Buttigieg, a Navy vet, rolled out a whole plan, along with Kirsten Gillibrand, and some more obscure Democratic candidates. Clinton called for an expansion of AmeriCorps in 2016, as did Obama in…