Playing the Lottery Winter 1969, Boston. I was driving a cab at night, while attending Harvard Divinity School. I had run through some scholarship and loan money, and needed cash; Christmas and all that. But I also thought it would be a “good experience” for a wannabe writer. When I turned my cab onto St. … Continue reading Another Quaker Holiday Story: Playing the Lottery
[Part One of this “Review in Pieces” is here.] Imagine a history of the Trump rise done not by a DC insider, but by Stephen King, who had taken a double dose of bad acid and is channeling Hunter Thompson in bed with Franz Kafka. Then you’ll begin to get the drift of Tim … Continue reading Timothy Miller “Why We Did It” Review, Part 2
It’s time for Democrats to fear their own voters David Sirota Republican politicians fear their base, while Democratic politicians don’t. That’s why we are in this mess The Guardian — Mon 4 Jul 2022 After the overturning of Roe v Wade, there is bad news and there is good news. But first, an admission. For … Continue reading An Independence Day Jeremiad
Introduction: Pentler’s Folly If you ever want to rile up a Friends meeting, here’s a simple recipe: Leave them a lot of money in your will, but with no instructions about what to do with it. It’s a sure thing: the meeting will spend years haggling over what to do with all that worldly wealth. … Continue reading Holiday Weekend Stories: His Eye Is On The Sparrow
Timothy Miller is a repentant ex-Republican operative, now a key member of “The Bulwark.” This is a group of mostly like-minded onetime GOP operatives, now Never Trumpers, still “conservative” on many issues, but dead-seriously dedicated to preventing #45’s overthrow of democracy, and who may well have — at least I hope so— the brains & … Continue reading “Why We Did It” — A Review in Pieces – Part 1