A look at Trumpworld from down on the ground in Oklahoma. What are America’s redlands really like? Few places in the US are Trumpier than Oklahoma. Admittedly, Wyoming and West Virginia are Trumpier than the place where the wind comes sweeping down the plains. But Oklahoma has been about…
Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America About a year ago, I wrote about Carnival and Lent as a metaphor for America’s eternal…
Maybe you’ve heard about the culture wars. Maybe you’ve even heard about something called cultural competence. Cultural competence is a term used in places like healthcare when…
This story on environmental regulation was originally published by The Revelator. Subscribe to their newsletter. November 5, 2025 – by Nicholas Crane Moore Throughout the 2024 campaign,…
Sometimes things go backward and forward at the same time. New York City held its first Labor Day parade the same year the Chinese Exclusion Act was…
The phrase “shortcuts to greatness are roads to hell” comes from George Packer writing in the November issue of The Atlantic. It’s true though, in that shortcuts…