Danielle Allen is one of the great thinkers of our generation… by which I mean the GenX generation that teeters on the brink between hopelessness… Read More »Danielle Allen at UMass Amherst on “How to be a Confident Pluralist”
I tried to write this post from the last leg of my trip, between Utica, NY and Pittsfield, MA. I’ve been dictating posts as I… Read More »Roadtrip: Utica Starts With You
In 1999, a book called The Places Rated Almanac offered a ranking of American cities in terms of their desirability as places to live. There… Read More »Road trip: Peoria to Kankakee
Every place is a palimpsest with layer upon layer of history written atop one another. Every so often you have the opportunity to scratch below… Read More »Roadtrip: Buried, with dignity, in Elmira
Binghamton, NY, seat of Broome County, NY Population 48,000 Peak population 81,000 in 1950 Former home to Endicott Johnson (shoes), major IBM plant Now home… Read More »Roadtrip: A Square Deal in Binghamton
I’m getting good practice this week talking about something complicated: the lawsuit the Knight First Amendment Institute and I filed against Meta a week ago… Read More »A brief update on Zuckerman vs. Meta