Holiday Greetings
Caring About Music
Care about local music. Enjoy.
Murder War Violence Submission
The Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and Other Anxious Men
Being Alone in Hard Times
As clearly depicted in the film Home Alone, the problem is not that we are alone; the problem is who we are with when we are alone.
Authoritarianism and Relativism Replace Science
The pandemic has revealed the life-threatening dangers when relativism is the privileged philosophy of how we make sense of things.
Mary Oliver: Poetry as a Mode of Caring
When I look to another human being with a sense of bewilderment, I try to conjure the way Mary Oliver sees a stone….
The End of Work or the Beginning of Shared Labor?
The dominant social organization of labor is the problem: it provides no norms and institutions for sharing the work that a particular era serves up, whatever type—routine (e.g., cleaning) or complex (e.g., surgery).
Art, Memory & Healing
Art is an opportunity to look more deeply—at the world, at oneself.
How Anxiety Becomes a Cultural Norm
When our response to the other is shaped by a significant measure of anxiety, it is likely also to include a significant measure of aggression.