Mar 9Commandments for Essayists, Tablet 1from Good Prose, Tracy Kidder and Richard Todd “The honest nonfiction storyteller is a restrained illusionist.” (p. 36) As I wrote in my Goodreads review of Kidder & Todd’s Good Prose, it is “Essential instruction for aspiring (and practiced) nonfiction writers.” As part of my Writing Reality project, when I…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Feb 22, 2021After Trumpism: Facts and TyrannyPart 2: On Diderot Love and Coral Reef Bleaching Previously — After Trumpism: Facts and Tyranny Part 1 — Do I Love My Cat? We are deeply troubled by Wednesday’s attack on the US Capitol, which demonstrated clearly the destructive impact of sustained, deliberate distortion of facts, and incitement to violence and hatred by political leaders… We call on…Facts10 min readFacts10 min read
Feb 14, 2021After Trumpism: Facts and TyrannyPart 1: Do I love my cat? “We must reject the culture in which facts themselves are manipulated…” — President Joe Biden, January 20th, 2021 What is a fact? While this essay is certainly political, it’s also about my cat, Diderot. I love Diderot. Do you think that’s a fact? Let’s talk about it. Why not? …Facts6 min readFacts6 min read
Nov 26, 2016Why I’m thankful for Jill Stein’s RecountHappy Thanksgiving! For many, the experience of the last two weeks since the US election has cast a bleak shadow over this year’s holiday season and beyond. As Hillary Clinton’s popular vote lead climbs past the two million mark, as we witness the pile up of hundreds of acts of hateful harassment…Politics8 min readPolitics8 min read
