Archive - Breaking the News

Panama Is Back in the News. That Can be a Good Thing.

The Panama Canal and its home country should be newly important to Americans. But in the opposite way from what Donald Trump has been talking about.

Dec 29 •

‘Looking Forward’: A Brief Film for Our Times.

Optimism? Pessimism? The compelling (and beautiful) case for both at once.

Dec 13 •

Obeying in Advance: The Christopher Wray Story.

Eight years ago, then-FBI director James Comey tipped the election to Donald Trump. Today, his successor ensured that he will also be remembered for the…

Dec 11 •

What Is To Be Done? Investing Where It Matters.

Something has started. Let's keep it going.

Dec 11 •

The Night Watch.

‘In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning.’ That was F. Scott Fitzgerald, in words I think about at 3 am.

Dec 3 •

November 2024

What Is To Be Done? Chronicling Our Future, as It Is Being Built.

The contest to define America's future begins once more. Recording what people are trying to do, as they are trying to do it.

Nov 23 •

After the Election: Swimming in the Sea of Disinformation.

“It really is nothing new, but you are watching it happen in your own time and not in a book.” Writers and thinkers on where the denial of reality can…

Nov 16 •

Election Countdown: The Day After.

“The end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started / And know the place for the first time.” TS Eliot, from 1942, with words for our…

Nov 6 •

Election Countdown, One More Day and a Wake-Up: Now It's Up to Us.

One thing we don't know, many things we do know. And some models for a better stage of American history that could be ahead.

Nov 4 •

October 2024

Election Countdown, Six Days to Go: Simple Questions About What’s Ahead.

Are Trump-Vance even trying to win votes anymore? Or just trying to win the count? And other imponderables.

Oct 31 •

Election Countdown, 11 Days to Go: Reasons to be Brave.

‘Clear eyes. Full heart. Can't lose.’

Oct 26 •

Election Countdown, 17 Days to Go: Ground Truths That Matter.

In the chaos of daily news, don't lose sight of: The danger of JD Vance, the naked agitprop of Fox, and the common sense of citizens.

Oct 20 •

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