Our Hunger Games Unfold in Paris

People are outraged by the bizarre grotesquerie of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Many are saying “they’ve gone too far” – They being, perhaps, the French Olympic Committee, or maybe the International Olympic Committee, or maybe…who knows? In any event, they cannot engage in overt mockery …

What Happened to American Civics?

Man in tricorn hat at Bicentennial celebration, July 1975; Diana Mara Henry, https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph051-s01a-i00035

My son’s school assigned a civics project for summer vacation. The project’s scope is expansive and spans from explaining the history and functions of the three branches …

Why Denial Persists

We recently returned from a conference in Lisbon, Portugal, where we spent several days after the event’s conclusion exploring this beautiful city and its environs. While there, walking Lisbon’s famed ‘seven hills,’ mostly surrounded by throngs of other visitors – …