Rite of Spring

Even Earth spring cleans. And there is power in this dreaded ritual.

What Buckminster Fuller Would Tell Us

He wanted to “make the world work, for 100 percent of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation, without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone.” Seems so quaint now.

Why Pamela Paul Annoyed NYTimes Readers

We are both White ladies who want everybody to be polite and nice so we can go back to reading our book.

The New Pandemic

Whoever thought a financial crisis would feel just like a pandemic?

The Vilified Elite…Poodle

Want to understand what tore this country apart? The fate of the poodle is your fable.

A Parlor Game for the Times: Whose Psyche Is Darker?

Would you rather be manipulated or punched in the gut?

Searching for a Loose Confidence

I do not want to live like this anymore, scripted and tight and rigid.

Dead Malls and Dreams

Malls sold us canned fantasy. It could have been so different.

Do I Hate the Modern or Just What It Fails to Represent?

Finally, I confess...and realize what I have been missing.

Anger Shows Us What We Protect

“What we usually call anger is only what is left of its essence when we are overwhelmed by its accompanying vulnerability."

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