The right to life takes precedence over the right to bear arms. The Second Amendment to our Constitution should be repealed/replaced. Here is a proposal.
Connell’s portrayal of Mrs. Bridge is a grim reminder that true evil, is banal, seemingly mundane, and often so steeped in good manners that evil actions are rarely identified as evil at all.
David Graeber & David Wengrow’s 2021 book, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux), is a heavily documented (revisionist) history of humankind, but it is also surprisingly flawed.
I examined the factors that should go into making responsible decisions around risky ventures in our current environment in my column last month and concluded: “The general shape of risk has not changed that much in the past 15 years, but every time is new. There is no shortcut or quick fix to making consequential decisions at the right time. The elements that go into risk management are unchanging: careful, patient, and meticulous thinking.”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg inherited a years-long grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump, as a presidential candidate in 2016, paid to cover up an alleged 2006 affair that could have damaged his campaign.
Our April issue explores financial literacy, the enduring myth of Ayn Rand, and the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Also featured is Sally Haver's nostalgic recollection of Cambridge in the 1960s and Robin Lindley's interview with Kermit Roosevelt III. Patricia Vaccarino's book review of White Cargo offers a controversial perspective of slavery, albeit white slavery.
The young poet corresponds with the master writer Rainer Maria Rilke to get advice; he wants Rilke to comment upon his work. Instead of critiquing the young poet’s work, Rilke dodges his request. Write what you know, he tells the young poet.
Clinton Taylor, founder and executive director of Your Money Matters Mentoring, wants to reach teens and young adults in economically vulnerable communities. His Auburn, Washington-based nonprofit provides financial literacy classes for teens and young adults so that they can get the financial skills that will serve them for the rest of their lives.
Acclaimed professor of law and author Kermit Roosevelt III calls for a reexamination of America’s past and our myths in his provocative and illuminating recent book The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America’s Story (University of Chicago Press).
While Rand idealized the rich and powerful and endowed them with virtues they often don’t have, she was hostile to all the rest of society. She opposed all welfare, all help for the poor, all infrastructure spending, and proposed that taxes be made voluntary.
