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A Movie for this Moment

I’m a sucker for disaster movies. They indulge my fantasy that good and evil are easily distinguishable and that good always wins. The hero is

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A Reluctant Love Song to Winter

“Do you like snow?” Margaret asked. I glanced outside through the wall of windows by the Meijer checkout and observed that the snow had not

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Ambiguous Loss

A loved one of mine posted some misinformation on Facebook this week. She does that a lot. She is against the vaccine. She’s against the

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Webs of Falsehood

Davey Alba is a technology reporter with the New York Times and a big part of her job is covering disinformation.   It is hard to

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A Study in Limits

The subtlest strain a great musician weaves,Cannot attain in rhythmic harmonyTo music in his soul. May it not beCelestial lyres send hints to him? He

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Epiphany at the World’s Many Ends

This week, I’ve been accidentally observing Epiphany season by following a strict regimen of anxiety-producing activities. This was not my intention. But if you, too,

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Elegy

We watched him shave–at least I did. I mean, I didn’t stand there gawking like some silly ten-year-old idiot, but when he was up beside

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January 6

On January 6, 2021, I sat in my COVID home office and watched the insurrection in real time. I had two livestreams open on my

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