
The English have a fine word for the political mess it finds itself in at the moment–kerfuffle, which is defined as “a commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views.” Boy, […]
The English have a fine word for the political mess it finds itself in at the moment–kerfuffle, which is defined as “a commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views.” Boy, […]
What is a good parent? What is a good grandparent? These terms don’t mean what they used to. I heard a comment a few weeks ago about someone who wanted to be […]
As it turns out, lots of pictures does not a great, or even a good, show make. What is one to do when you leave an art show that leaves you not […]
Paul Kingsnorth is a British writer, of both fiction and non-fiction. His fiction includes The Wake, nominated for the Booker a few years ago, which involved him creating a variant of Old […]
To be frank, I can’t find any evidence that he was, or he wasn’t. But if I had to guess, no, Donald Trump was not a Boy Scout. Growing up in the […]
Well, so far it’s been a race to the bottom of a barrel with an ever-receding bottom. This is not completely unexpected–Trump had been pretty clear throughout the campaign about certain things […]
Some presidential offspring are okay. Some less so. But if Trump wins, god help us. Watching Chelsea Clinton make a fool of herself every time she makes a campaign appearance—well, probably not […]
If our climate challenge is a world war, it’s one without an ending—or one where the ending won’t be clear for a century or two. Bill McKibben, who, as Vox points out, is […]
There are lots of reasons to bemoan the choices in this year’s Presidential elections. The weaknesses of both candidates are manifest and telling, and have resulted in the largest collective moan from […]
So, after seven years and lots of pounds, the Chilcot report on “lessons to be learned” from Iraq has finally been published. It tells us nothing we didn’t already know, frankly, and […]