Crocuses

I met someone through Tinder. I guess the pitch for Tinder is “swipe to like and get some”. Maybe for the younger/hornier/less inhibited. The universe of people for whom it’s just a party and it’s just sex is consistent whether it’s 1965 and free love or 2016 and hooking upContinue Reading

Mega-dittos. There has in recent years been a revolution in American politics, one so at variance with how we think of ourselves that it is remarkable how little it is noticed. We are used to imagining America as Source: The Virtue That Has No NameContinue Reading

It’s a bit of a reach to make a metaphor out of a favorite Christmas Carol. I hope you’ll stick with me as I try. You know the one that starts, “what child is this who laid to rest . . .” We play the heck out of this song around theContinue Reading