A pair of recent news stories explain why our species, along with a million more, may be doomed. Because we fecklessly make messes, then we even more childishly refuse to admit they exist or act to clean them up. The … Continue reading
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In “Our Towns,” excerpted in “The Atlantic,” James and Deborah Fallows describe a five-year odyssey visiting the American outback — places like Sioux Falls, S.D., Holland,Michigan, Bend, Oregon, Greenville, S.C., Duluth, Minn., Dodge City, Kansas, Allentown, PA., and a dozen … Continue reading
In 1939, the ads for “Ninotchka” proclaimed “Garbo Laughs!” After a string of movies in which she played prostitutes, adulteresses, women who threw themselves under trains or died of tuberculosis, an appearance in a comedy was big news. Now, eighty … Continue reading