“The idea of growing old in America today is become more uncertain and even scary, and it shouldn’t be”
No, this is not one of those posts about older people worrying about the state of American democracy. It is much more pragmatic in nature. Why aren’t we taking care of older Americans in the…
Johnny Cash: Voice of the dispossessed
Over at The Atlantic, Stephen Metcalf reviews Michael Stewart Foley’s Citizen Cash: The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash. Here is a taste: For Foley, Cash’s status as an artist whose music deeply engaged…
Gerson: The GOP view on vaccines is not pro-life
Yesterday we wrote about Michael Tomasky’s piece titled ““The Right Wants to Freedom Us to Death.” Today we have Michael Gerson’s Washington Post column, “How is the GOP’s coronavirus recklessness compatible with being pro-life?” Here…
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The Democratic race for Pat Toomey’s Senate seat reveals the divisions in the party
The frontrunner is Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman. His top challenger is western Pennsylvania congressman Conor Lamb. Here is Holly Otterbein at Politico: One candidate promises he won’t be a centrist Democratic senator like Joe…
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Why the Left should support classical education
Over at the socialist magazine Jacobin, journalist Liza Featherstone reviews Roosevelt Montás’s Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation. Here is a taste: Montás is…
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