Protest and Spectacle in Lafayette Square
Protest and spectacle are not merely symbols.
Two Cheers for Assisted Living
Posted on June 17, 2020
Image: US Air Force security forces personnel works with a member of the Colorado National Guard to test patients for coronavirus at a Colorado nursing home, June 2020; US Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. John Rohrer; flickr.com.
The COVID crisis has changed our perceptions of assisted living communities, perhaps permanently.
Faulkner as Futurist
Faulkner’s treatment of the past means much for the nature of our future.
Closing Time
by
Clare Coffey
Posted on June 4, 2020
Image: Drug addict on London street; Jeff Gilbert/Alamy Stock Photo.
Two new books discuss the extremes of the American economy.
The Uniqueness of the Here and Now
The solitude of sickness is not a waste of time but rather a compression of it, a bundle the size of a pill bottle.
The Price of Freedom
Posted on May 21, 2020
Image: A grocery store cashier in Stamford, Connecticut; Tyler Sizemore, Connecticut Magazine.
The point of reopening is not to free voluntary workers but to place more into the category of “mandatory worker.”