The Traditions of Christmas
Val Lauder shares remembrances of Christmases past.
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Coach for Life
Paul Caccamo’s nonprofit trains young adults to be athletic coaches as well as role models and mentors in low-income communities.
Edible Plants You Can Actually Grow in Your Kitchen
Don’t be fooled by flashy viral lifehack tutorials; grow a successful kitchen garden this winter.
Cooking Up Memories of Indigenous Foods
The resurrection of nearly forgotten tribal recipes has created a culinary renaissance in Canada, with the U.S. not far behind.
Review: Nomadland — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott
Frances McDormand plays Fern, who thought she was living the American dream. But a change in fortune leads her to the harsh — yet surprisingly rich — subculture of older American transient workers.
The Would-Be First Madam President, Betrayed by Her Own Party
Helen Gahagan Douglas, the ambitious performer-turned-congresswoman, was born on this day in 1900. Known for her dramatic speeches renouncing nuclear proliferation and anti-communist paranoia, she succumbed to a political demise at the hands of both parties.
Wit’s End: Let’s All Be Thankful We’re Not Our Kids
What lies ahead for kids who spend school days in their bedrooms, are besieged by social media, and worry that saying the wrong thing will get them cancelled?
John and Yoko’s Double Fantasy Remains Bittersweet
Three weeks before John Lennon’s shocking death, he and Yoko Ono released a double-album that would take Grammy gold.
“The Castle Secret” by James Helvick
“Nancy’s expression, as Sir Arthur led the way toward a chalet-type wooden building at the end of the field, said that this certainly was going to be a privilege.”
It Was Polio Then
At 94 years old, Val Lauder has come face to face with polio, the deprivations of war, and now the prospect of COVID-19. She reminds us that we are not the first in confronting something that could harm us. Nor will we be the last.
A Summons to England
“The conference materials were still in the seat pocket, open to the page about the theory of personal responsibility in tort law. Often the victim is in the best position to consider the potential harm that might befall her.”
“The Art Movement in Real Estate” by Lucian Cary
“The illustrators found themselves free to wear their old clothes every day, to turn barns into studios of a spaciousness known only to millionaires in New York, free even to argue in the village square whether Gaugin was the most sophisticated or the most primitive of painters, or no painter at all.”
“The Hobo and the Fairy” by Jack London
“After this outburst the man slept gently on while the little girl still held the parasol aloft and looked down with a great wonder at the frowsy, unkempt creature, trying to reconcile it with the little part of life that she knew.”
To Bethlehem
“She dreamed of Lizzie in South Korea at the 38th parallel where she spots Joe, sprints over to him, and says, ‘Look, you’ve got a daughter on the way. You should be there.’”
Considering History: Voter Suppression and Racial Terrorism, the Twin Pillars of White Supremacy
American Studies Professor Ben Railton shows how, for more than 100 years, voter suppression has consistently gone hand in hand with racial terrorism to prop up white supremacy.
The Conspiracy Theory That Spawned a Political Party
Historians still disagree about the legacy of the 200-year-old Anti-Masonic Party, but one aspect of the paranoid political movement shouldn’t be overlooked: it began in reaction to an actual conspiracy.