In late summer 2021, media platforms in the United States were electric with news of right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson’s visit…
The affective allure of authoritarianism
nostalgia
What are oaths good for?
As American statesmen and a US Supreme Court Justice in the ’90s were figuring out what to do with their…
Powers of ten
Listening to the cheery narrator describe how many million light-years we are away from Earth and seeing the buzzy artificial…
Announcing your place in the family of things
With age, would I lose my idealism—and my gratitude? Would I merge a sense of personal disappointment with a sense…
The Angel Bruno bends close to the earth and asks…
I love Peggy Lee’s smoky voice, especially in the later years of her life, when the laughter that was audible…