The covid plague, which has killed over a million Americans so far, is a reminder that history is one plague after another. When my generation was young the plague du jour was polio which crippled and killed some of our … Continue reading
Hayden Keith Monroe
For many years the two political parties gave voters a choice at each election, but nothing lasts forever. It is not a good sign for democracy that one of those parties now seems intent on self-destruction. The Republicans entrusted a … Continue reading
Ralph Waldo Emerson, the American author, philosopher, and transcendentalist, coined a famous phrase in one of his poems — “Things are in the saddle and ride mankind.” His implied preference, like his neighbor Thoreau, was for an austere natural simplicity … Continue reading