The day has finally come. The long nightmare of the Trump presidency has ended, although the damage he has done will linger. For progressives, his policies were anathema: his deregulation of environmental protections; his disastrous immigration plan (or non-plan), highlighted by the separation of families at our southern border; his “America First” strategy on the … Continue reading Our Turn
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The Big Lie Lives On
As the insurrection by Trump supporters was underway at the Capitol last week, one of the most frightening things for me was when they turned the cameras away from the Capitol building itself and focused outward on the crowd. The reverse shot revealed how many people were there—some estimate there were as many as 40,000 … Continue reading The Big Lie Lives On
Inevitable
How are we to think about what took place on Wednesday? One word comes to mind: inevitable. A mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on the very day Congress was to officially record vote totals from the November election, the final formal step in the transfer of power to President-elect Joe Biden. Since November, … Continue reading Inevitable
Knitting It Together
It’s that time of year when we tend to draw dividing lines between past and future. It is an annual ritual as a slew of media outlets and countless individuals create retrospective lists about the previous twelve months. Resolutions for the new year abound (though most fall away soon enough, as we get caught up … Continue reading Knitting It Together
Listen to the Light
This week in the Northern Hemisphere, we marked the winter solstice. It is that moment in the astronomical calendar when the north pole has its maximum tilt away from the sun, and when the sun is at its lowest daily maximum elevation. It is the longest night of the year. Beginning on the day after … Continue reading Listen to the Light