“In such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, not to be on the side of the executioners.”- Camus
I do not believe in heroes, but I do believe in heroic virtues. I have spent much of my life with teachers and State Police officers, and thus with men and women who love children and protect them, who believe in the ideal of service, who treat others with respect, especially those less able to protect themselves; who confront wrongdoing with courage, honor integrity as a matter of faith and live each […]
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Nations do not much care about history except as it feeds their heroic myths about themselves and about the perfidy of their enemies. As nations go, so do peoples who seem to collectively shout, “Just tell us who our enemies are today and then let us go back to our lives.” The current crisis between Iran and the US certainly seems to fit the pattern. Our great leaders shout that […]
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Once you read Catch and Kill , any doubts you may have been harboring over the last few years that the terms liberal, conservative or feminist have lost much of their meaning will grow more certain. This is a book about the exercise of power in the Hollywood/New York nexus of commerce and media. The villains are Harvey Weinstein and Matt Lauer, but they were enabled and supported by the vast resources of […]
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We’re hurtling toward Christmas, Trump has been impeached, Republicans have compared him to Jesus , Colbert and SNL still think he’s funny, the prevailing opinion of many deep thinkers is that he’s on a glide path to being re-elected, at a Michigan rally on Wednesday night a Trump supporter said, “I’ve never had so much faith in a human,” and the thriving economy continues to provide a deep, insulating layer against the reality and consequences of his lawlessness. If Trump […]
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