Archive - Midweek Dinner

Or where I've been and what I've (not) been doing

May 6

or why, lately, my brain feels like jello before it sets

Feb 3

two tiny thoughts about boats, recorded months apart in my 2020 notebook

Nov 18, 2021

Or why I have been trying to write this newsletter for weeks

Oct 21, 2021

Or why none of the things we hope might work is likely to convince people to change their mind

Sep 22, 2021

Or why public intellectualism is alive and well ... but might be on YouTube?

Sep 9, 2021

Or why you will almost never "find me in da club"

Sep 1, 2021

Or what happens when we assume we are the main character

Aug 26, 2021

Or how sometimes all those open tabs are like the abundance of a late summer harvest

Aug 16, 2021

Or why individual freedoms require an eye toward the collective good

Aug 6, 2021

Or why I just can't quit my newspaper habit

Jul 15, 2021

Or how this appliance commercial reveals the lies of modern America

Jun 10, 2021

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