You may have noticed President Trump likes to call people names. It is clearly a way to assert power, one of the instruments in the bully’s tool kit. But the habit also suggests that Trump sees people as inkblots. When … Continue reading
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As an old year gives way to a new, we think of those who are gone or far away or with whom we have lost touch. After a certain age we are all orphans, in a strangely depleted land. Those … Continue reading
Anyone poking around in their family history quickly learns that one of the most important resources is the US Census. There, if you’re lucky, you can follow the trail of your people back through history, from the present to the … Continue reading