PinnedTo be of use by Marge PiercyMarge Piercy is a daughter of Detroit, ferociously Jewish in temperament and upbringing, an unrelenting social critic, a fine novelist…Nov 23, 2020Nov 23, 2020
Lessons on Brompton Bike TouringI like to tour between towns on a bike and the six-speed Brompton has become my steed of choice. Many people have come to the same…Sep 27, 2021Sep 27, 2021
Your Power is Turning Our Darkness to DawnOn the eve of the Second World War, Woody Guthrie wrote an ode to the Grand Coulee Dam, which was nearing completion and represented the…Apr 17, 2017Apr 17, 2017
Think that You Can Eliminate a Small, Useless Federal Program?Democracies are much better at starting things than ending them. At best, legislatures resort to extra-legislative processes like military…Apr 11, 2017Apr 11, 2017
On a City Bike, all Traffic Lights are YellowBicycles have grown wildly popular in both US and European cities. According to the League of American Bicyclists (which endorses none of…Apr 12, 2015Apr 12, 2015
Women’s PayMore women than men now enroll in college. Women earn better grades than men and are more likely to graduate. But at every level of…Dec 18, 2012Dec 18, 2012
What Happened to the United Farmworkers?Frank Bardacke dropped out of Harvard after his freshman year and moved west to change the world. Unlike Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg…Jan 5, 2012Jan 5, 2012
Remembering December 2011Shakespeare’s immortal eulogy delivered by Mark Anthony for Julius Caesar resonates this week: “The evil that men do lives after them; The…Dec 20, 2011Dec 20, 2011
Venturing in the Slipstream: the Magic of Astral Weeks — Work of the WorldIn 1968, Van Morrison recorded Astral Weeks under awful circumstances. Today, he is widely recognized as having captured lightning in a…Feb 5, 2011Feb 5, 2011
