I was cleaning out my office when I found it. A purse-sized spiral notebook full of doodles from my past. Phone numbers, hurried math. Ideas I didn't want to lose. And two poems. Or maybe one. It depends on how you read it. This notebook dated from our last international trip, in 2019. That's pre-COVID. In 1989, I lived in London and taught in Syracuse University's London Program.

The White House has formalised its contempt for ‘decaying’ Europe with an ominous plan to undermine the EU and boost the far right

Travelers. We are all travelers, every now or then, all gypsies speaking a strange tongue. to someone. Moving at separate speeds, some standing still, but always anticipating the next expedition. To the store, to the pool. To Disney Land? Maybe the shopping mall. To Cleveland. Maybe London. Maybe Rome. Oh, how we love to travel! Whether we be shopping or sightseeing, …

Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.

Of all the inheritances one might lose, family histories are the most valuable. Money, jewelry, and furniture take second place to the stories our ancestors hoped would get passed down from one generation to the next. * My mom's Lewy Body Dementia was in full blossom when we moved her to memory care in 2019, right before COVID cast us all into isolation.

I’m always a little surprised when I look at this blog’s statistics and see the number of hits. I don’t get thousands, but I have more than I expect. To those of you who are reading this, I thank you. I feel I owe it to you to tell a little bit about who I really am.

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

Noncooperation Database DELVE DEEPER WITH MOVEMENT RESEARCHERS’ DATABASES AND COMPILATIONS OF ACTION Researcher Jeremy Pressman is writing semi-regular reports about movement activity against the coup...

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I'm not a Canadian. I live in Buffalo, which is like being a Canadian once-removed. So I honor Canada. The people of Ontario typically get along well with Buffalonians, no matter what our politics might be. We sit side by side at football and soccer games, shop in each other's malls and cities, drink each others' wines. Toronto's the closest large city to us; we frequent their theaters, restaurants, and airport.

I'm not a Canadian. I live in Buffalo, which is like being a Canadian once-removed. So I honor Canada. The people of Ontario typically get along well with Buffalonians, no matter what our politics might be. We sit side by side at football and soccer games, shop in each other's malls and cities, drink each others' wines. Toronto's the closest large city to us; we frequent their theaters, restaurants, and airport.

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On the moral call for each of us to take action and care for those made vulnerable by today’s policies and politics.