The End of Dementia
I really wasn't sure I'd live to see the day that science found a cure for this terrible terrible disease.
"Is that seat taken?"
It's not easy to break the silence of our public sphere to ask if there might be room for one more view. To question the status quo takes guts. Here's where I celebrate the inconvenient.
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Waking up on the eve of my language pledge
I enter the dining hall at Proctor Hall on the campus of Middlebury College unsure of what precisely awaits me for the coming three weeks.
It's like riding a bike. (literally)
Friday afternoon I bought a bike. This morning I rode it.
This video gives me hope.
I discovered Phil's Guide to the World when I stumbled upon a travel video he made of his visit to Iran. Phil has a uniquely American openness and can-do/why not? approach to encounters abroad.
In Praise of Irritants
"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country."
Is this a world we can live in?
Take a look at this video just posted to YouTube.
Anne Applebaum Astonishes Again
We all know she's a brilliant thinker, uncompromising historian and journalist, excellent writer. Now we must add Inspired Teacher to the list.
Safety .Net
More and more time spent in worlds that do not necessarily tack to the laws of our nature... will do what exactly to us long term? Your guess is as good as mine.
As the madness washes in from all directions, will you seek higher ground?
The current water line of madness is rising every day and pouring in from all directions. It's heartening to see examples of human beings still following their own moral compass.
Kissing my random edification standard goodbye
For most of my adult life my moviegoing divided itself pretty neatly into two tracks: Films I felt I must see as a filmmaker for my own edification vs. Movies that held the promise of escape.